Bruce Baird (Cook, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this Parliament:

(1)

note with concern:

(a)

the increasing use of the death penalty as a criminal sanction in our region;

(b)

the execution of Mr Van Tuong Nguyen in the Republic of Singapore; and

(c)

the plight of all Australians who are currently on death row;

(2)

congratulate the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and the Australian Government and Opposition for their recent efforts on behalf of Australians on death row; and

(3)

call on the Australian Government to:

(a)

advocate with our regional neighbours the abolition of the death penalty or, as an interim measure, the establishment of a moratorium on executions; and

(b)

encourage our regional neighbours to ratify the United Nations International Convention on Civil and Political Rights and the Second Optional Protocol.

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