By taking part in the network, the universities communicate the values that we as academic institutions lean on. There is a contradiction between these values and the absolute and irreversible consequences of capital punishment.
"Academic freedom is fundamental, and universities as institutions should not normally take a stance on political issues. However, there are times through history when universities have joined forces, as they did against apartheid and against slavery. We believe the fight against the death penalty has the same kind of urgency."
Professor Ole Petter Ottersen - Rector, University of Oslo
The struggle against death penalty
Suggest your university as a member of the network
To suggest your university as a member, email us at: against-death-penalty@uio.no
Members:
Contact
Project Director
Dr Lill Scherdin, Senior Researcher
→ UADP Contact page
Recommended reading
The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective (Fifth Edition)
By Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle
UADP publications
Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System?
Edited by Lill Scherdin
Previous conferences
6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty 21-23 June 2016
Speach by rector Ole Petter Ottersen at the closing ceremony at The 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
Academic event at 20th of June 2016
Inaugural Conference of the UADP Network
Oslo, 6-8 December 2015