7 countries still put people to death for same-sex acts
October 10 is World Day against Death Penalty. This is also the first European Day against Death Penalty as proclaimed by the Council of Europe on 27 September 2007.
The Council of Europe is the only region of the world de facto free from the death penalty as all its members have either abolished the death penalty or instituted a moratorium on executions. Belarus
(outside the CoE) is the only country that still has the death penalty actively on its books.
The death penalty is still carried out in other regions of the world and in seven countries the death penalty is applied for consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex.
ILGA and ILGA-Europe welcome and encourage the debate on the complete abolition of the death penalty and draw attention to the fact that 7 countries punish consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex.
http://www.ilga.org/index.asp
Patricia Curzi & Stephen Barris / ILGA
The Council of Europe is the only region of the world de facto free from the death penalty as all its members have either abolished the death penalty or instituted a moratorium on executions. Belarus
(outside the CoE) is the only country that still has the death penalty actively on its books.
The death penalty is still carried out in other regions of the world and in seven countries the death penalty is applied for consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex.
ILGA and ILGA-Europe welcome and encourage the debate on the complete abolition of the death penalty and draw attention to the fact that 7 countries punish consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex.
http://www.ilga.org/index.asp
Patricia Curzi & Stephen Barris / ILGA
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