The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (World Coalition), an alliance of more than 190 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities and unions, aims to strengthen the international dimension of the fight against the death penalty. Its objective is to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty.
In line with its 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, it aims to do so by:
1) World Coalition Structure and Governance
The World Coalition is a membership-based international network of over 180 independent member organizations which meet for a General Assembly every two years and elect a Steering Committee of 25 member organizations, which elects among its members an Executive Board of 5 people, which supervises a Secretariat made up of 5 salaried staff and 1 or 2 interns.
As part of its strategy, and in the context of a Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) signed with the European Union that establishes a Global Consortium for Death Penalty Abolition (the Consortium), the World Coalition has created a body: an Independent Advisory Panel.
2) Consortium Structure and Governance
The Consortium is made of twelve member organizations of the World Coalition: Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Comunità di Sant’Egidio, Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), International Federation of ACATs (FIACAT), Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), Harm Reduction International (HRI), Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), Penal Reform International (PRI), Reprieve, The Death Penalty Project, The Rights Practice and Witness to Innocence (WTI). It is coordinated by the World Coalition and structured with a Consortium Board, made of representatives of each Consortium member.
3) The Independent Advisory Panel
The Independent Advisory Panel (the Panel) will:
4) Panel Composition and Selection
The Panel consists of up to ten members and two additional reserve members. Reserve members are people who can be called upon if Panel members have to recuse themselves due to conflict of interest or have to step down for other reasons.
Panel members will be nominated through this open call for nominations, which is circulated by the Secretariat of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty to all its members and other external networks. The nominations will be reviewed by a subcommittee of at least three (3) members of the World Coalition’s Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will decide on a final list of Panel members.
The selection process for Panel members will comply with the following principles to ensure that the Panel members will:
5) Operating Procedures of the Panel
The term of membership on the Panel is two years. For the sake of effectiveness and continuity, at the end of the first two-year mandate, at least one third of the Panel members will be asked to continue to serve a second term. With the view of staggering and ensuring rotation and continuity, Panel Membership cannot exceed 2 terms. Diversity of members should be guaranteed during the rotation procedure.
In total, each Panel member is expected to be available:
The Panel review process is a peer-based collective review process. To avoid conflict of interest, each grant application will be reviewed by two Panel members in writing, provided that enough Panel members are available for the number of proposals to be evaluated. The same evaluation grid will be used by all Panel members. Panel Members may request more information from the Secretariat of the World Coalition, acting as the coordinator, at any point.
During the online meeting of the Panel members to make their recommendations, grant applications will be discussed with all Panel Members and the Chatham House Rule will apply to deliberations, including the non-attribution of individual views. This confidentiality shall not extend to the communication of final recommendations or structured feedback to applicants, subject to appropriate safeguards concerning sensitive information and third-party confidentiality.
The recommendations of the Panel will then be submitted in writing to the Consortium Board, which will inform the Panel about the final decision.
To prevent potential conflict of interest, all Panel members will be asked to disclose any link to other organizations and institutions:
Panel members act in their personal capacity and shall not seek or receive instructions from any government, donor, Consortium member, applicant, or other external actor. In carrying out their functions, Panel members shall adhere to the principle of “do no harm,” ensuring that their assessments, communications, and feedback do not expose applicants or beneficiaries to legal, political, security, or reputational risks.
6) Who should apply to be a member of the Independent Advisory Panel?
Any person who is interested in Panel membership should send a resume and cover letter to: smahammedi [@] worldcoalition.org. The deadline for applications is 27 March 2026.
The new Panel members are to start their term in Aprils 2026.
Final decision will be made by the Steering Committee.
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