Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-31-Speech-3-038"
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"Mr President, I want to support the strong calls from this Parliament today – and the campaign outside Parliament – for a worldwide moratorium on executions to be established unconditionally through a resolution of the UN General Assembly.
For many years, the EU has maintained as a main pillar of foreign affairs and human rights policy the objective of ending the use of the death penalty globally. We have had some success, particularly as part of our neighbourhood strategy. Today’s initiative is an ambitious attempt to raise the profile of the debate on the death penalty to a UN level and to have an impact on the 66 countries that have already been referred to that still use the death penalty. It is important to note that working towards achieving a moratorium on the death penalty should always be linked to achieving an eventual abolition through legislation, as previous speakers have pointed out.
The pragmatic first step is a call for a moratorium, but we must always look at ways to promote abolition where possible. Looking at what we can do here in the EU from a policy perspective, I would urge the Council to review and update the guidelines on the death penalty, which date back to 1998, so that new elements and strategies that have developed since then can be taken into consideration. The Third World Congress on the Death Penalty, which is to be held soon in Paris, may be a good opportunity to do just that.
To date, the EU’s proactive policy on the death penalty has produced some positive results. For example, recently, the success of strong EU representations in Peru to recent proposals to extend the death penalty to that country, in violation of the Peruvian Constitution and the American Convention on Human Rights, needs to be acknowledged and welcomed. The EU stance did have an impact on the Peruvian Congress in its rejection of draft legislation. So the EU has shown that it can be a key influence on national policy towards the death penalty, and we should not be afraid to use that influence."@en1
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