

“Death is not justice” brochure
"The death penalty shall be abolished. No-one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed." Thus reads Article 1 of Protocol No 6 to the European Human Rights Convention. In two sentences the Council of Europe has put capital punishment beyond the pale of democratic nations and set an example to the whole of the international community. As a result, no execution has taken place in the Council's member states since 1997.
“Death is not justice” brochure
"The death penalty shall be abolished. No-one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed." Thus reads Article 1 of Protocol No 6 to the European Human Rights Convention. In two sentences the Council of Europe has put capital punishment beyond the pale of democratic nations and set an example to the whole of the international community. As a result, no execution has taken place in the Council's member states since 1997.