Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-25-Speech-2-221"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070925.30.2-221"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-25-Speech-2-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Irena Belohorská2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (2007-01-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2007-01-31--2007-10-23)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2007-10-23)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; NA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I unequivocally support the initiative to introduce a European day against the death penalty, even if there is not a unanimous decision by the 27 Member States. I welcome the introduction of this prohibition that was brought in recently, partially under pressure from the European Union, by certain African countries. The death penalty has been abolished by Rwanda and Gabon, for example. These countries, too, have come to the realisation that the death penalty has no place in a democratic society. I believe that it is necessary to put pressure also on other countries, such as America and China, to consign this action to history. On the other hand, it is also necessary to highlight certain European countries that have consistently failed to ratify the protocols prohibiting use of the death penalty. Protocol No 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which unconditionally prohibits the death penalty in peacetime, has been ratified by all 27 Member States. Protocol No 13, however, which prohibits the death penalty in all circumstances, has been signed by all 27 Member States but still not ratified by five, namely France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Latvia. Therefore, even though today the main criticism regarding the introduction of a European day against the death penalty has been levelled at Poland, I fully agree with and support the view of Mr Schulze, Mrs Frassoni and Mrs Morgantini that the finger should also be pointed at those countries. I would like to stress that there is no evidence to show that the death penalty has a deterrent effect on violent crime. Its irreversible nature means that miscarriages of justice, which are unavoidable in any legal system, cannot be rectified."@en1

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