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"Mr President, Mr Murphy, I appreciated your citation of Victor Hugo. Listening to you, Mr Murphy, I was reminded of another quote by Victor Hugo, who once wrote, somewhat prophetically, that wars between Europeans were like civil wars.
Coming back to Japan, I want to confirm that we have taken note, as have each and every one of you, of the declaration by the new Japanese Justice Minister, suggesting that he would be less reluctant than his predecessors to sign execution orders.
On several occasions, the European Union has expressed its position on capital punishment, and has urged Japan to adopt a moratorium on executions and recognise the positive progress made towards the universal abolition of the death penalty.
No executions have taken place in Japan since July 2010. In the case of the last two executions, we expressed, through the High Representative and Vice-President of the Commission, Baroness Ashton, our profound regret for these executions and reminded Japan that the European Union is, and would remain, opposed to the recourse of capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances. We have also called consistently for its universal abolition.
The European Union has welcomed and does welcome the efforts of those ministers of justice who preceded Mr Ogawa to encourage public debate on the death penalty in Japan, including the decision to put in place an
committee to examine this serious issue. We have also noted the declaration made by the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations in October 2011, stating their opposition to the death penalty.
The European Union and its Member States have organised many meetings and many conferences with members of the Japanese Government, with MEPs and with non-governmental organisations on the death penalty.
We will continue these efforts to explain the European position, both through diplomatic channels and by encouraging the public debate on this issue in Japan itself. To this end, we will be sponsoring a high-level public awareness seminar, which will take place in April in Tokyo, and which will involve civil society and members of the Diet.
Ladies and gentlemen, while the EU and Japan hold different opinions on the death penalty, we are partners who have similar views and values, and we fundamentally share the same positions on almost all other human rights issues."@en1
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