This unique event has been organised in a different city every three years since 2001 by ECPM association, in partnership with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the 7^th World Congress Against the Death Penalty took place this year in the heart of the European capital Brussels, from 26 February to 1^st March 2019.

These four days of activism, meetings, training and reflection are essential to bring the global abolitionist movement to maturity, to develop a common strategy and to have a real impact on political decisions. This year, the Congress was therefore structured around two objectives: to accompany the African continent towards abolition (in continuity with the work begun at the Abidjan Regional Congress in 2018) and to encourage the involvement of new allies, such as private companies, in the global abolitionist movement. A movement that, more than ever, needs to see beyond the debates, through a more humane perspective; a predominant place was thus reserved for former death row inmates and their families at this Congress.