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Fight Against the Death Penalty

The 10th of October 2007 marks the 5th annual World Day Against the Death Penalty. To mark this occasion, the European Commission is releasing a free to air Video News Report, which looks at the EU's international stance on the Death Penalty. In 2006, one thousand, five hundred and ninety one prisoners were executed worldwide.

While there is a growing global trend towards abolition, the death penalty remains a serious issue for the European Commission and it continues to engage relevant third countries - promoting its stance on total abolition of the death penalty for all crimes including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. For the European Union, this is a fundamental human rights issue and the EU's stance is rooted in the inherent dignity of all persons, regardless of their actions, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU.


Karel Kovanda
European Commission

In this VNR Karel Kovanda of the European Commission explains -

'People who advocate the death penalty in the first place put their main argument on deterrence. When you do weigh up the evidence it is not at all clear that the death penalty does have a deterrent effect.'

The report visits the St Egidio organization in Rome, founders of the 'Cities for Life' annual event. Across the world on November 30th over 1000 symbolic monuments are illuminated from the Coliseum in Rome to the Plaza de Santa Ana in Madrid, to the Central Obelisk in Buenos Aires. The VNR also travels to the Philippines, one of only 4 countries to have reinstated, and abolished again, the Death Penalty, and to the US, where the potential for miscarriages of justice is an argument holding the attention of legislators.


Countries where violence is still a fresh memory have a particular outlook on the use of the death penalty. The European Commission is active in several African countries, including Rwanda.

According to Piers Bannister of Amnesty International:
'Many that have suffered gross human rights violations often turn against the death penalty. They basically had enough death in their society.' He believes that this is one of the key factors in the recent Rwanda decision to abolish the Death Penalty.'


Piers Bannister
 Amnesty International


As the world's attention focuses on the Death Penalty in October, Karel Kovanda sums up the EU's stance thus 'The fact that the EU advocates this position and advocates it this strongly is to my mind is unmistakably a point that is noticed by other countries around the world.'

Fight Against the Death Penalty
Produced by Esras Films in association with the European Commission.

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The European Commission:
The EU and Human Rights
 
Other Resources:
The Sant Egidio Death Penalty page
Amnesty International Death Penalty page
The US Death Penalty Information Center
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
 
 

Video available in:
English, Portugese, Spanish, French, Russian & International versions.
 
Script available in:
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Stock shots:
20 minutes of stock shots comprising of additional footage.
 
Duration: 8'50" & 2"
   
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