On October 6, the 2nd World Congress Against the Death Penalty will con­vene in Montreal, Canada. More than 1,000 par­tic­i­pants from around the world are expect­ed to gath­er at the city’s Place des Arts, includ­ing many U.S. pol­i­cy mak­ers and death penal­ty experts. Americans such as Mike Farrell, Barry Scheck, and sev­er­al death row exonerees will join inter­na­tion­al human rights lead­ers includ­ing for­mer U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights Mary Robinson, Bianca Jagger, and actress Catherine Deneuve for the 3‑day con­fer­ence. The Congress will explore crim­i­nal jus­tice issues and will aim to advance world­wide rat­i­fi­ca­tion of a United Nations treaty to for­bid cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in all cir­cum­stances. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it the Congress’s Web site. (Source: ECPM (Together Against the Death Penalty) Press Release, Sept. 29, 2004). Read the Press Release.

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