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Death penalty: France will "relaunch the fight for universal abolition", announces Emmanuel Macron

2021-10-09T12:29:41.009Z


The President of the Republic, who celebrated this Saturday the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France, wants to organize a "meeting at the highest level" to "convince" the leaders of the countries still applying it.


Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that France would "

relaunch the fight for the universal abolition

" of the death penalty, by organizing a "

meeting at the highest level

" to "

convince

" the leaders of countries still applying it to "

l 'urgency to abolish it

'.

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As part of the French presidency of the European Union (in the first half of 2022), we will organize in Paris with the NGO Ensemble contre la penalty de mort, a meeting at the highest level bringing together civil societies from States still applying the death penalty or a moratorium in order to convince their leaders of the importance and the urgency of abolishing it

”, declared the Head of State, in a speech delivered at the Pantheon to mark the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France.

Source: lefigaro

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