Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-31-Speech-3-043"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Moratorium on the death penalty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070131.15.3-043"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-31-Speech-3-0442
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlo Casini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2006-06-12--2007-03-13)3,3 unknown; Unione dei Democratici cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro (2006-05-08--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2006-05-08--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2006-06-06--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I am delighted to take the floor because, among other things, I come from Tuscany where, for the first time in history, on 30 November 1786, capital punishment was abolished. I am also moved to point out that, in 1987, I, together with Amnesty International and the Italian Movement for Life, succeeded in having the death penalty of Paula Cooper, a 16-year-old black girl, commuted in the United States. She later came to thank me. I am also pleased to point out that, as an Italian Member, I proposed and achieved the legal abolition of the death penalty in the military code of war, which is the reason for my in-depth thoughts on the matter. I take an optimistic view of human history which, in spite of everything, is a struggle for goodness, a struggle that is spurred on by an ever more obvious and decisive value: the dignity of each and every human being. So great is this dignity that it cannot be graded, and thus it determines the equal status of everybody, no matter what kind of life they lead. Dignity is also indestructible: not even the hands of a criminal can wipe away the traces of dignity from the face of the very man who has committed the crime. No one can take away a person’s life and dignity, not even individual States. That is the real reason why the death penalty must be abolished. All the other practical reasons, of which I am only too aware, may meet with objections, but not this one. A Europe that seeks to base its identity not only on competition and the market, but also on dignity and human rights, cannot keep quiet. Right now, I do not want to talk about inconsistencies. The time will come when human dignity and the associated right to life extend their persuasive powers to other areas of human life where they are now sadly being overshadowed, even within our Union: the most symbolic areas of poverty and human alienation, which are to be born and to die."@en1

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