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11.10.2007 :: On the occasion of the fifth World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union reiterates its longstanding position against the death penalty in all circumstances.
The abolition of the death penalty contributes to enhancement of human dignity and progressive development of human rights. All measures of abolition of the death penalty should be considered as progress in the enjoyment of the right to life. Therefore, the EU reiterates its call upon States that still maintain the death penalty to work towards abolishing the death penalty and in the meantime, to immediately establish a moratorium.
The EU wishes to recall that any miscarriage or failure of justice in the application of capital punishment represents the irreparable and irreversible loss of human life, while expressing its compassion towards individuals who have wrongly been sentenced to death and with their relatives and other indirect victims of death penalty.