"The European Union expresses great concern for Liberia’s promulgation of a law that reinstates death penalty for some crimes": the current presidency of the EU Council takes position on the regulation enforced in the African country, which had repealed the gallows in 2005. "The decision to reinstate death penalty states the EU presidency is an extremely disturbing sign that goes against the trend that has been observed in the last few years in Africa and across the world". Because of this, the EU "reasserts again its opposition to the use of death penalty in any circumstance", while it thinks the repeal of such law "contributes to strengthening of human dignity and the development of human rights". The twenty-seven member states consider any form of execution a "cruel, inhumane punishment and a breach of the right to life. The EU points out that the dissuasive character of this penalty is not proven, and its enforcement makes judicial mistakes irreparable". Considering in Liberia no one has been executed since 2000, the EU "calls the Liberian government and Parliament to repeal death penalty, as much at law as in practice".
