Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senators Moore and Humphries, I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the right to life is a fundamental human right recognised in:

(a)

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and

(b)

the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,

(ii)

respect for human life and dignity are values common to all Australians,

(iii)

abhorrence of the death penalty is a fundamental value in Australian society, and

(iv)

Australia is a party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is aimed at the universal abolition of the death penalty; and

(b)

calls on all governments to follow the example recently set by Uzbekistan, Argentina and Togo and immediately cease all executions.

Question agreed to.