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Article: DECLARATION BY PRESIDENCY ON BEHALF OF EUROPEAN UNION ON SEVENTH WORLD DAY, THIRD EUROPEAN DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 9 -- The European Union issued the following common foreign and security policy statement:
On 10 October, the European Union celebrates the seventh World Day and the third European Day Against the Death Penalty.
The European Union reaffirms its absolute opposition to the use of the death penalty. The European Union is convinced that its abolition is an integral part of respect for human rights and protection of human dignity. The death penalty concerns everyone's right to life. The state, with its particular responsibility as the ultimate guarantor of all persons' human rights, should not deprive anyone of his or her life. The European Union encourages all measures ...