The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area–Background Paper 2017
4. Fully endorses the final declaration of the third World Congress and intends to
follow up the Congress, notably by developing the parliamentary dimension of the
global campaign against the death penalty and raising the matter through its interparliamentary delegations and participation in the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary
Assembly and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly;
5. Calls on the Council and the Commission to take every possible opportunity to
support the establishment of regional abolitionist coalitions;
6. Calls on all institutions of the European Union, together with the Council of
Europe, to support the World Day against the Death Penalty by declaring 10
October a European Day against the Death Penalty, from 2007 onwards, and endorses the initiative of organising a high-profile European conference against the
death penalty in connection with that day; mandates its President to represent
the European Parliament, together with the relevant delegation, on that occasion;
[…]
European Parliament Resolution
on the World Day against the Death Penalty
(7 October 2010)
The European Parliament,
[…]
1. Reiterates its long-standing opposition to the death penalty in all cases and under
all circumstances and emphasises once again that abolition of the death penalty
contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and the progressive development of human rights;
2. Condemns all executions wherever they take place; strongly calls on the EU and
its Member States to enforce the implementation of the UN resolution on a universal moratorium on executions with a view to total abolition in all states which still
practise the death penalty; calls on the Council and the Commission to take action
in order to progressively restrict its use while insisting that it be carried out according to international minimum standards; expresses its deep concern regarding the
imposition of the death penalty on minors and on persons with mental or intellectual disability and calls for their immediate and definitive ending;
3. Urges the EU to use all tools of diplomacy and cooperation assistance available to
it to work towards the abolition of the death penalty;
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