PACE president verwelkomt de afschaffing van de doodstraf in de Filipijnen (en)
Strasbourg, 24.06.2006 – René van der Linden, President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly i (PACE), made the following statement today:
“I warmly welcome President Arroyo’s signing of a law abolishing the death penalty in the Philippines.
The 46 nations of the Council of Europe have been a de facto death-penalty-free zone since 1997, and we are happy that an ever-growing circle of civilised nations feel the same way on this fundamental human rights issue.”
PACE has long-standing links with the Philippines Parliament, and is assisting with the proposal to set up an Asian Parliamentary Assembly.
Next week, during its plenary session in Strasbourg, PACE will debate a report on Council of Europe member and observer states – including the US and Japan – which have not abolished the death penalty
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