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OAS Organizes Roundtable on World Day against the Death Penalty

  October 10, 2012

The Organization of American States (OAS) will join the celebration of the World Day against the Death Penalty with a round table titled, “How much longer until the universal abolition of the death penalty?” which will be held tomorrow, Thursday, October 11 at 10:00 EDT (14:GMT) in the Hall of the Americas at the headquarters of the hemispheric organization in Washington, DC.

The 46th Policy Roundtable, which is organized by the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the OAS and the Permanent Observer Mission of France to the organization, seeks to offer a space for reflection on the progress made in the abolition of the death penalty in the states where it is still applied, and the challenges in relation to its elimination from the Inter-American System.

The Roundtable will be inaugurated by the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, and will include as panelists the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), Emilio Álvarez Icaza; the Permanent Observer of France to the OAS, Ambassador Pierre Henri Guignard; and Susan L. Karamanian, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies of the George Washington Law School.

WHAT: 46th OAS Policy Roundtable on the World Day against the Death Penalty

WHEN: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT)

WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Reference: AVI-212/12