The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area minimum possible suffering. It may not be carried out in public or in any other degrading manner. (xii) The death penalty should not be imposed as an act of political revenge in contravention of the minimum standards, e.g. against coup plotters. ­­­­——— Extract from European Parliament resolution of 1 February 2007 on the initiative in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty The European Parliament, …. 1. Reiterates its long-standing position against the death penalty in all cases and under all circumstances and expresses once more its conviction that the abolition of the death penalty contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and to the progressive development of human rights; 2. Calls for a worldwide moratorium on executions to be established immediately and unconditionally with a view to the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, through a relevant resolution of the current UN General Assembly, whose actual implementation the UN Secretary-General should be able to monitor. 42