UNB, Dhaka :
The European Day and the 13th World Day Against the Death Penalty will be observed across the world on Saturday aiming to raise awareness for abolishing the capital punishment for the drug related offences.
The European Union and the World Coalition, a platform of 160 non-governmental organizations, observe the day on October 10 every year.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued a message marking the day as the UN adopted resolution 63/168 on December 18, 2008, which is a reaffirmation of its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (62/149) passed in December the previous year.
The resolution calls for states to freeze executions with a view to eventual abolition. On the eve of the day, Heads of Missions of the European Union on Thursday expressed its hope that Bangladesh, as a Member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, will implement the UN Resolutions and contribute to the enhancement of fundamental rights and human dignity in the world.
In a letter to editors in Bangladesh, the EU diplomats said they are calling upon States which still maintain the death penalty to abolish it completely and, in the meantime, to establish a moratorium on executions.
“The European Union reaffirms its principled opposition to the use of the death penalty,” the joint letter reads, adding that the EU considers capital punishment as inhumane and unnecessary.
The World Coalition against the Death Penalty was formed in 2002 and observed the first World Day against the Death Penalty on October 10, 2003.
In 2007, the Council of Europe and the European Union officially recognised the World Day as European Day Against the Death Penalty. Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Belgium, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the European Union officially supported the World Day.
The European Day and the 13th World Day Against the Death Penalty will be observed across the world on Saturday aiming to raise awareness for abolishing the capital punishment for the drug related offences.
The European Union and the World Coalition, a platform of 160 non-governmental organizations, observe the day on October 10 every year.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued a message marking the day as the UN adopted resolution 63/168 on December 18, 2008, which is a reaffirmation of its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (62/149) passed in December the previous year.
The resolution calls for states to freeze executions with a view to eventual abolition. On the eve of the day, Heads of Missions of the European Union on Thursday expressed its hope that Bangladesh, as a Member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, will implement the UN Resolutions and contribute to the enhancement of fundamental rights and human dignity in the world.
In a letter to editors in Bangladesh, the EU diplomats said they are calling upon States which still maintain the death penalty to abolish it completely and, in the meantime, to establish a moratorium on executions.
“The European Union reaffirms its principled opposition to the use of the death penalty,” the joint letter reads, adding that the EU considers capital punishment as inhumane and unnecessary.
The World Coalition against the Death Penalty was formed in 2002 and observed the first World Day against the Death Penalty on October 10, 2003.
In 2007, the Council of Europe and the European Union officially recognised the World Day as European Day Against the Death Penalty. Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Belgium, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the European Union officially supported the World Day.
