World Day Against the Death Penalty
World Day Against the Death Penalty is held on October 10. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. 
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Observed every 10 October, the World Day Against the Death Penalty unifies the global abolitionist movement and mobilizes civil society, political leaders, lawyers, public opinion and more to support the call for universal abolition of capital punishment. The day was first organised by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty in 2003.
The day is supported by numerous NGOs and world governments, including Amnesty International, the European Union and the United Nations. On 26 September 2007, the Council of Europe also declared 10 October to be the European Day Against the Death Penalty.
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