Opinion article by the EU Ambassador – H.E. JACEK JANKOWSKITHE international community and the European Union mark each year on 10 October the World Day against the death penalty. The focus this year is on the theme of “women and the death penalty”. Although women represent a small percentage of global death sentences, gender-based discrimination continues to impact women at all levels of the criminal justice system. In some countries, women are sentenced to death at higher rates than men for offences linked to sexual morality such as adultery. Moreover, mitigating circumstances related to gender-based violence and abuse are rarely taken into consideration during the criminal process.The European Union is strongly and unequivocally against the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances. All 27 EU Member States have abolished the death penalty in law and practice.The abolition of the Death Penalty worldwide is an objective of the European Union’s global human rights policy. […]
Opinion article by the EU Ambassador – H.E. JACEK JANKOWSKI
