Greater Caribbean For Life
Stop Crime, Not Lives.
The Project
Greater Caribbean For Life is involved in a 3 year project funded by the European Union to increase awareness and advocate for the abolition of the death penalty in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
Our Work
We at Greater Caribbean For Life support grassroots abolitionist activists in the Caribbean and collaborate with the international abolitionist community to see the end of the death penalty within the region.
Our Team
The Greater Caribbean For Life team is formed of individuals across the region who have been working with civil society groups in creating a culture of respect for Human Rights in the Greater Caribbean.
STATEMENT ON REGIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has caused a disruption in the lives of citizens throughout the region and has exposed the vulnerabilities of thousands. Prisons throughout the region continue to suffer from over-crowding and inadequate sanitation which, given the current situation, leaves prisoners at an increased risk of being exposed to and contracting COVID-19. The WorldContinue reading “STATEMENT ON REGIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC”
Standing Up for Human Rights
On this day in 1948, more than 70 years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. December 10 is observed as International Human Rights Day and it is important that today and every day, we stand up for Human Rights. Over 70 years ago Article 3 of the Declaration setContinue reading “Standing Up for Human Rights”
GCL Launches Educational Toolkit
Greater Caribbean for Life has launched its educational toolkit to assist activists and organisations as they work toward abolishing the death penalty in the Greater Caribbean. The production of this toolkit forms part of GCL’s activities under its EU partnered project to educate on death penalty abolition in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados. The launchContinue reading “GCL Launches Educational Toolkit”
“Of my 30 years in prison, my worst moment was the first three times I was taken to the condemn cell to face the gallows. They came and weighed me to determine how much weight to put on the gallows for me to hang”
Earl pratt [interviewed by the jamaican gleaner 2007]
About Us
We are campaigners against the death penalty in the Greater Caribbean Region
Get In Touch
- gclvdp@gmail.com
- 1 (787) 648 5624
Registered Address
444 Calle de Diego, Apartamento 1510, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00923-3007
