Wednesday, July 22, 2009
[IWS] EU DECLARATION against U.S. DEATH PENALTY [21 July 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Council of the European Union
EN
Brussels, 21 July 2009
12256/09 (Presse 223)
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the 1000th execution by lethal injection in the United States of America
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/109298.pdf
The European Union notes with deep regret that, with the execution of Mr Marvallous
Keene by the State of Ohio on 21 July, the United States has carried out its 1000th
execution by lethal injection since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
The European Union is opposed to the use of capital punishment in all cases and under all
circumstances and has consistently called for its universal abolition. We believe that the
abolition of the death penalty is essential to protect human dignity, and to the progressive
development of human rights. The European Union considers this punishment cruel and
inhuman. It has not been found to act as a deterrent, and any miscarriage of justice which
is inevitable in any legal system is irreversible. Consequently, the death penalty is
abolished throughout the European Union.
AND MORE....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Council of the European Union
EN
Brussels, 21 July 2009
12256/09 (Presse 223)
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the 1000th execution by lethal injection in the United States of America
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/109298.pdf
The European Union notes with deep regret that, with the execution of Mr Marvallous
Keene by the State of Ohio on 21 July, the United States has carried out its 1000th
execution by lethal injection since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
The European Union is opposed to the use of capital punishment in all cases and under all
circumstances and has consistently called for its universal abolition. We believe that the
abolition of the death penalty is essential to protect human dignity, and to the progressive
development of human rights. The European Union considers this punishment cruel and
inhuman. It has not been found to act as a deterrent, and any miscarriage of justice which
is inevitable in any legal system is irreversible. Consequently, the death penalty is
abolished throughout the European Union.
AND MORE....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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