Jacques chirac death penalty
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French ex-President Jacques Chirac guiltless of corruption
The former president's doctors inspection he has irreversible neurologic problems which cause recall lapses. His legal arrangement will carrying great weight consider whether to supplicate against representation conviction.
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"I hope that judgement won't change rot all interpretation profound loving attachment that rendering French cohorts still fake towards Jacques Chirac."
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Chirac attacks US on death penalty
The French President, Mr Jacques Chirac, criticised the US administration in a speech before the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva yesterday. France does not preach to other countries, Mr Chirac said, but the death penalty "in no case can constitute an act of justice".
No justice system was infallible, and every execution risked killing an innocent person. In a clear allusion to President George Bush's home state of Texas, he asked: "What can be said of the execution of minors or of persons suffering from mental deficiencies? I call for a worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the first step of which would be a general moratorium."
Mr Chirac singled out the US for criticism a second time, condemning Mr Bush's announcement that Washington will not respect the Kyoto Protocol.
"At this time of global warming, of the unacceptable questioning of the Kyoto Protocol. . . how can we affirm the right to a protected environment. . ?" he asked. "I solemnly call on all states, and first of all the industrialised countries, to enforce the Kyoto Protocol on climate change completely and without further delay."
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Ms Nicole Fontaine, the French president of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, condemned "the irresponsibility of Presid
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3rd World Conference against the Death Penalty (February 1-3, 2007)
On February 1, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy will attend the opening ceremony for the 3rd World Conference against the Death Penalty, held at Paris’s Cité Internationale Universitaire through February 3. The event is under the high patronage of President Chirac and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The foreign minister will read a message from President Chirac. The Prime Minister will convey a message to participants during the closing ceremonies on February 3.
The fight against the death penalty is a fight for human dignity and is supported by the French authorities in their entirety. France is honored to host this meeting of abolitionists from all over the world who are working in sometimes extremely difficult conditions to outlaw capital punishment.
France abolished the death penalty in 1981 and, at the president’s behest, a constitutional amendment was presented to Parliament to make the prohibition on the death penalty in all circumstances a constitutional principle. France could therefore ratify the Second Optional to the International Pact on Civil and Political Rights, which abolishes the death penalty definitively and in all circumstances.
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