{"id":2192,"date":"2016-10-10T21:37:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T21:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-death-penalty-worldwide.pantheonsite.io\/announcing-cornells-makwanyane-institute-for-capital-defense-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:14:33","slug":"announcing-cornells-makwanyane-institute-for-capital-defense-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu\/fr\/announcing-cornells-makwanyane-institute-for-capital-defense-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Cornell’s Makwanyane Institute for Capital Defense Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fair trial is essential to safeguard individuals\u2019 human rights, including the right to life and liberty of the person. In states that continue to impose the death penalty, those accused of capital crimes often lack access to effective legal representation\u2014a violation of their human rights that heightens the risk of wrongful convictions and death sentences. The\u00a0duty of states to provide adequate legal representation<\/a>\u00a0is not fulfilled by the mere presence of an attorney: the right to legal representation entails the right to both effective and meaningful representation, as set forth in the\u00a0best practices manual for capital defense attorneys<\/a> published by the Cornell Center for the Death Penalty Worldwide.<\/p>\n

Even though the quality of legal representation is \u201c[p]erhaps the most important factor<\/a>\u00a0in determining whether a defendant will receive the death penalty,\u201d inadequate legal representation remains,\u00a0as catalogued by the Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide<\/a>, a critical issue in all countries that impose capital punishment.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to announce the launch of the\u00a0Makwanyane Institute<\/a>, an intensive workshop that will provide capital defenders specialized training, litigation support, and community-building opportunities.<\/p>\n

Named in honor of the South African Constitutional Court\u2019s\u00a0seminal decision<\/a>\u00a0abolishing the death penalty, the Makwanyane Institute will focus on a different geographical region and legal system each year. The first Makwanyane Institute, which will be held from 12 to 20 June 2017 in Cornell University Law School, will welcome 15 attorneys from common-law countries in Africa.<\/p>\n

Application materials will be available in mid-October here on the Cornell Center for the Death Penalty Worldwide website. Register your interest<\/a> and receive updates about the Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fair trial is essential to safeguard individuals\u2019 human rights, including the right to life and liberty of the person. In states that continue to impose the death penalty, those accused of capital crimes often lack access to effective legal representation\u2014a violation of their human rights that heightens the risk of wrongful convictions and death […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,77,79,78],"tags":[83,82,85,84,81],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-access-to-justice-fr","category-events-fr","category-training-fr","category-makwanyane-institute-fr","tag-international-law-fr","tag-events-fr","tag-training-fr","tag-makwanyane-institute-fr","tag-advocacy-fr"],"better_featured_image":{"id":969,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1256,"height":942,"file":"2010\/10\/Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-300x225.jpg","width":300,"height":225,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-300x225.jpg"},"large":{"file":"Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-1024x768.jpg","width":1024,"height":768,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-1024x768.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-768x576.jpg","width":768,"height":576,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area-768x576.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":2192,"source_url":"https:\/\/dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Boschendal-photo-the-conference-area.jpg"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t