RUSSIA. KOSACHYOV HOPES DUMA WILL OUTLAW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
it was reported that Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the State Duma, hoped that the Duma would ratify the sixth protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which stipulated the abolishment of capital punishment,
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it was reported that Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the State Duma, hoped that the Duma would ratify the sixth protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which stipulated the abolishment of capital punishment, in Autumn 2005 or in the beginning of 2006.
"Russia is the only one of 46 Council of Europe members that has not fully abolished capital punishment after assuming the obligation to do so within three years after becoming a Council of Europe member," Kosachyov said in a briefing.
"Russia is the only one of 46 Council of Europe members that has not fully abolished capital punishment after assuming the obligation to do so within three years after becoming a Council of Europe member," Kosachyov said in a briefing.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Interfax News Service, 09/09/2005)
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