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2026
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- JULY 11, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament's Citizens' Rights Committee...
The European Parliament's Citizens' Rights Committee called for people not to be extradited to countries where they could face the death penalty for their crimes
- JUNE 13, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- MAY 16, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 354 votes in favour, 29against with 31 abstentions deploring the situation in Iraq, eleven years after the Gulf War
- MAY 15, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved
- APRIL 26, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
European Union justice ministers gave the go-ahead...
European Union justice ministers gave the go-ahead for negotiations on an EU-US extradition and judicial co-operation agreement, but proposed conditions that the Americans seem unlikely to accept
- APRIL 25, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 439...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution by 439 votes to 10, with 59 abstentions
- APRIL 25, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
April 25/26, 2002: at their two-day Council meeting...
April 25/26, 2002: at their two-day Council meeting in Luxembourg, the EU's Justice and Home Affairs Ministers adopted a negotiating mandate for an EU-United States Judicial Assistance Accord, which allows EU countries to refuse to extradite someone if a
- APRIL 17, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament urged the Nigerian Federal...
The European Parliament urged the Nigerian Federal Government to ensure that law courts act in accordance with international law on human rights and the declaration of rights included in Nigeria's Constitution
- APRIL 13, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
In an attempt to sound out all interested parties on...
In an attempt to sound out all interested parties on an EU return policy for illegal residents, the European Commission published a Green Paper [a government document that proposes and invites discussion on approaches to a problem] on the subject
- APRIL 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation...
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation between the EU and China
- MARCH 28, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of...
Human rights must become a priority in all areas of the EU's external relations, said the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in adopting its annual report on human rights in the world and EU human rights policy
- MARCH 28, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the acquittal of Safiya Hussaini by the Sokoto Sharia Court of Appeal