EU reaffirms opposition to death penalty

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• ·The European Union on Monday urged renewed global efforts to abolish the death penalty at a conference in Seoul, as South Korea continues to maintain a decadeslong moratorium on executions.
• ·South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997 and is considered an "abolitionist in practice" by international human rights groups, although capital punishment remains legal.
• ·The Seoul conference was held ahead of the 9th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, one of the largest international gatherings focused on abolition efforts.
• ·Opening the conference, EU Ambassador to South Korea Ugo Astuto reiterated the bloc's longstanding position that capital punishment violates human rights and human dignity.
• ·"The death penalty constitutes a serious violation of human rights and human dignity," Astuto said.