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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Philippines: end of the moratorium on the death penalty2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031218.8.4-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-18-Speech-4-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am very concerned about President Arroyo’s decision to give in to pressure and end an almost four-year moratorium, in spite of the fact that she is opposed on principle to taking human life. This decision emphasises the crucial need for a UN moratorium on the death penalty, which would make it much more difficult to give in to pressure to begin carrying out executions again. It would also put an end to the completely unacceptable executions of mentally handicapped people and of child abusers which take place in a good many countries and which will take place in the Philippines from January 2004. The Philippines are of course only one of many places in the world in which there is a danger of being sentenced to death for non-violent offences. Others include Pakistan and China where, respectively, blasphemy and tax evasion are punishable by death. Innocent people too are at risk. In 2003, nine people were pardoned in the United States because they were innocent. We have to accept that a country’s penal system reflects traditions and special historical circumstances, but the death penalty involves denying a person his or her dignity. The EU’s efforts to abolish the death penalty and introduce a universal moratorium must therefore be made clear and explicit to all the EU’s partners."@en1

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