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The Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University would like to draw your attention to a new, freely-accessible online resource in international and comparative law. The Death Penalty Worldwide (http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org), a research project based at Northwestern University’s Center for International Human Rights, provides up-to-date analysis on the law and practice of capital punishment for every country in the world that retains it. The centerpiece of the website is a searchable database which tracks, among other information, the offenses for which the death penalty may be imposed, ratification of relevant international treaties, national and international jurisprudence, methods of execution, death … Continue reading →