EU Statement on Death Penalty in USA

The European Union expresses its deep regret that a thirty-eight year de facto moratorium on federal executions was broken on 11 June in the United States.

The EU is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and wherever it is applied. It is the strong view of the Union and its member States that the abolition of the death penalty would contribute to the enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human rights.

The associated Countries, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Turkey subscribe to this statement.

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• EU/OSCE: Statement on the death penalty in the USA (21/6/2001)