Breadcrumb EEAS Search in the EEAS archive World Day against the Death Penalty THIS CONTENT HAS BEEN ARCHIVED Page language: Not specified PRINT World Day against the Death Penalty 10.10.2017 Teaser The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity. It's inhumane and degrading treatment. It has no proven deterrent, allowing irreversible and fatal judicial errors. All of the EU has proudly abolished the death penalty. Media Video Remote video URL Topics Human Rights & Democracy Editorial sections EEAS Africa Asia Europe and Central Asia Latin America & the Caribbean Middle East & North Africa (MENA) North America Pacific African Union (AU) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Common market for eastern and southern Africa (COMESA) Council of Europe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Order of Malta Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Organisation for Security&Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Paris - OECD and UN UN Geneva UN New York UN Rome United Nations (UN) Vienna - International Organisations World Trade Organization (WTO) Human Rights & Democracy Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Djibouti DR Congo (Kinshasa) Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Côte d'Ivoire Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Eswatini Tanzania Tchad Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Lao PDR Macao Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal North Korea Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Turkey Vietnam Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Central Asia Eastern Europe Georgia Iceland Kazakhstan Kosovo* Kyrgyz Republic Moldova Norway Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Russia Serbia Switzerland Tajikistan North Macedonia Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Western Balkans Western Europe Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint-Kitts and Nevis Saint-Lucia Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela Algeria Bahrain Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Palestine (*) - Occupied Palestinian Territory, West Bank and Gaza Strip Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen Canada United States of America Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu UNESCO
