Council of Europe
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- MARCH 24, 2026Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe - Training course for lawyers and legal professionals on death penalty
- NOVEMBER 27, 2024Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE - Round table on measures against the trade of goods used for executions
- APRIL 17, 2021Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: MEASURES AGAINST THE TRADE IN GOODS USED FOR TORTURE OR EXECUTION
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on 31 March 2021 adopted a Recommendation (CM/Rec(2021)2) inviting member States to take measures against the trade in goods used for the death penalty, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment o
- OCTOBER 11, 2020Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY: JOINT DECLARATION BY EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARY GENERAL
Today (10 October 2020) on the World and European Day Against the Death Penalty the European Union and the Council of Europe reaffirm their opposition to the use of capital punishment in all circumstances and call for the universal abolition of the death
- JULY 18, 2016TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE WARNS TURKEY NOT TO REVIVE DEATH SENTENCE
The Council of Europe warned Turkey that restoring capital punishment after an attempted coup would be
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE PROCLAIMS DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe proclaimed a European Day against the Death Penalty
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY. PROTOCOL NO. 13 RATIFIED
Turkey ratifies Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
- JANUARY 17, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. COE CONDEMNS CALIFORNIA EXECUTION
Terry Davis, the head of the 46-member Council of Europe, condemned the execution in California of a 76-year-old blind and disabled prisoner.
- JUNE 21, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINE. COUNCIL OF EUROPE ASKS NATIONAL PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) asked the National Palestinian Authority (Anp) to abolish the death penalty, and condemned the four executions which took place in Gaza on June 12.
- JUNE 13, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. PACE PRESIDENT CONDEMNS EXECUTIONS BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), René van der Linden, strongly condemned the June 12 execution of four convicted murderers by the Palestinian Authority.
- OCTOBER 4, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General...
The Council of Europe's newly elected Secretary General Terry Davis described as "outrageous" the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on charges of deliberate HIV infection of several hundred Libyan children
- JUNE 21, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) would take a many-sided approach to Libya to support the Bulgarian medical workers unfairly convicted in that country, PACE President Peter Schieder said referring to the case of five Bulgarian nu