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The Time Has Come to Say No to Death

February 26, 2010The following was delivered at the fourth Congress Against the Death Penalty, in Geneva, on 24th February, 2010by Bianca JaggerIt is an honour and a privilege to be addressing you here today, at the fourth Congress Against the Death Penalty. It is encouraging to see so many participants gathered here from all corners of the world to demonstrate their commitment to the abolition of the death penalty.Council of Europe's Role I am proud to be representing the Council of Europe. On 16 December 2003, I was appointed Council of Europe's Goodwill Ambassador "for the abolition of the death penalty."Since it was founded in 1949 the Council of Europe has played a leading role as a guardian of our fundamental rights and freedoms, and since 2002 it has guaranteed that no European citizen, with the exception of those in Belarus, will have to face a death sentence...continue to full post

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