FYI: Death Penalty in Iraq

[Henk Elegeert]

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http://ue.eu.int/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/86115.pdf

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COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 2 September 2005

11917/05 (Presse 220)
P 096/05

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the
Death Penalty in Iraq The European Union was saddened to learn that
three Iraqi nationals were executed on 1 September 2005 following a
judicial process in Iraq.

The EU is of the view that the death penalty does not serve as an
effective deterrent and any miscarriage of justice, which might arise in
any legal system, would be irreversible. The EU therefore regrets that
the Government of Iraq has elected to implement the death penalty in
these cases.

The EU is strongly opposed to the death penalty and condemns its use.
While recognising the sovereign right of the Government of Iraq to
decide on judicial sentencing, we strongly urge that the death penalty
should be abolished.

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