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"Mr President, at the end of May, 18 people were executed in Libya. It is reported that 200 people, including citizens of other countries, are currently in prison awaiting execution. That figure may, in fact, be higher, because there are no officially available statistics or data. Libya is applying a double standard. On the one hand, it has been elected to the UN Human Rights Council, which commits it to greater responsibility in the area of human rights. On the other hand, we are dealing with the fact that numerous people continue to be executed.
Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Libya is a party, requires parties that have not abolished the death penalty to apply it ‘only for the most serious crimes’. In fact, Libyan courts usually hand down sentences of death for murder and drugs-related crimes, but also even for crimes related to peaceful activity and fundamental rights, such as the right to freedom of speech and association. I appeal for cooperation and agreement between the European Union and Libya to be conditional on the ratification and implementation by Libya of the Geneva Convention on Refugees and other major human rights conventions and protocols."@en1
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