The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the...

The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine regarding the death penalty as unconstitutional. The EU finds that this decision shows Ukraine's willingness to join a positive trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty, which is the ultimate goal of the Union. The EU urged Ukraine to ratify Protocol n.6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which is the first instrument in international law to make the abolition of the death penalty a legal obligation for the contracting parties.