“Irreversible trend towards abolition” – OSCE
Statement
When presenting the Report, Mr Eric Svanidze said: “there is an overall trend towards abolition and it is irreversible: OSCE states resisted attempts to reinstate the death penalty” “I am sure that Europe will be a death penalty free continent in the coming year.”
Fruitful debates followed this presentation, during which NGOs and participating states encouraged the 6 countries that still retain the death penalty in their legislation (Belarus, the USA, Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Latvia) to completely abolish it.
