<p>The European Parliament is strongly opposed to the death penalty, a position it has expressed repeatedly in various resolutions, for example in its December 2018 resolution on the annual EU report on human rights and democracy in the world in 2017.</p>

<p>While most countries in the world have abolished capital punishment, death sentences continue to be handed down and carried out in a number of countries. The Union uses its diplomatic and political weight to encourage these countries to join the abolitionist ranks, or at the very least to respect international minimum standards. It funds campaigns to increase awareness of the need to end capital punishment, and restricts trade in substances that could be used for executions.</p>

Death penalty

Cities for life day: International day against death penalty - Green illumination of the EP Headquarters building in Brussels

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

International Day against death penalty - Illumination of the EP Headquarters buildings in Brussels

EP Press conference on Death penalty

7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty- Family picture

7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty

The EP buildings in Brussels are illuminated in green on the occasion of the World Day of the Cities for Life against the death penalty. On November 30 1786, Tuscany was the first civil state in the world to do away with torture and capital punishment.

Cities for life day: International day against death penalty, green illumination of the EP buildings

During the plenary session (5-8 July 2021) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, notably the cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti. Closing statement by Mairead McGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and Capital Markets Union.

The death penalty's cases of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish and Abdullah al-Howaiti in Saudi Arabia

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs debate with the European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta URPILAINEN, on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders.

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: The human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders

Lighting the European Parliament building in Green on behalf of Cities Against the Death Penalty

Cities Against the Death Penalty - Lighting the European Parliament building in Green

In the European Parliament in Brussels, David SASSOLI, EP President, gives a statement on the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty.

World Day against the Death Penalty: statement by David SASSOLI, EP President

Pavel TELIČKA (ALDE, CZ), EP Vice-President, Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC, Didier REYNDERS, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, participate in the 7th World Congress against the death penalty, organised from February 26th to the 1st of March 2019 in the European Parliament in Brussels.

7th World Congress against the death penalty: extracts from the opening statements

Raphaël CHENUIL-HAZAN, ECPM ("Ensemble contre la peine de Mort") - Aminata NIAKATE, ECPM - Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis - Family photo

7th World Congress Against The Death Penalty - High-Level Conference: opening ceremony with Raphaël CHENUIL-HAZAN, ECPM ("Ensemble contre la peine de Mort"), Aminata NIAKATE, ECPM and a Video Message of His Holiness Pope Francis

Pavel TELIČKA (ALDE, CZ), EP Vice-President, Didier REYNDERS, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Richard SEDILLOT, ECPM Spokesperson and attorney of Serge Atlaoui, French citizen condemned to death in Indonesia, Susan KIGULA, former death row prisoner (Uganda), Jerry GIVENS, former executioner, abolitionist activist (USA), speak to the press on death penalty.

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