PENALTY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many people contributed to this publication in different ways.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon not only provided the preface for
this book, he participated in four of our death-penalty-related events
as the keynote speaker. His involvement helped to mobilise a large
participation by Member States as well as civil society, including academia,
at the events.
Amnesty International and
others helped us establish
contacts with many panellists
whose contributions
are included in this book.
The Governments of Benin,
Chile, Italy, Mongolia, the
Philippines and Tunisia coorganised
events with us,
and the Government of Italy
contributed financially to the
production of this publication.
The Colosseum is illuminated with the ‘Cities of
Life’ logo to support the campaign against the death
penalty, in Rome, Italy, 30 November 2011.
© EPA/Alessandro di Meo
Colleagues from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights in Geneva led by Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for
Human Rights until recently and the new High Commissioner Zeid
Ra’ad al-Hussein, have been extremely supportive of the New Yorkbased
panels on the death penalty as well as this publication.
Daily challenges would not have allowed me to edit this book
without help and support from all New York Office of the High
Commissioner staff.
Thank you all!
Ivan Šimonović
Editor
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