The EU in a statement issued yesterday on the occasion of the World Day against Death Penalty condemned all death sentences especially after mass trials as was the case with the Nigerian soldiers.
The union, headed by
Secretary-General, Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, argued that execution had stopped in
that region of the world for close to two decades. According to the statement:
On the European and World
Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union and the Council of Europe
reaffirm their strong and absolute opposition to capital punishment in all
cases and under all circumstances, and their commitment to its worldwide
abolition.
We are deeply concerned
about setbacks in some countries, such as recent mass trials leading to a vast
number of death sentences. No execution has taken place in our member states in
the last 17 years.
The European Union and the
Council of Europe welcome the fact that all Member States of the European Union
have now ratified both Protocols 6 and 13 to the European Convention on Human
Rights, and urge all other European States that have not yet done so to sign
and ratify these instruments which aim at the abolition of the death penalty.
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