New article on abolition in Zimbabwe in Journal of Human Rights Practice

In August 2025, Professor Carolyn Hoyle, Director of the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), and Parvais Jabbar, Co-Executive Director of the DPRU's partner organisation the Death Penalty Project (DPP), published a new academic article on the abolition of the death penalty in Zimbabwe in the Journal of Human Rights Practice.

Carolyn and Parvais' article reflects on the process leading up to Zimbabwe's abolition in December 2024, which involved legal strategy, capacity building for stakeholders, empirical research and high-level dialogue and advocacy, in collaboration with partners including diplomats, local lawyers, politicians and civil society organisations.

The article, titled 'Abolishing the Death Penalty in Zimbabwe: Building a Platform to Promote Policy Reform', is now available to read on an open-access basis through the Journal of Human Rights Practice, and will be included in the print edition of the journal which is forthcoming in November 2025.