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Demands for the abolition of the death penalty had come from Cesare Beccaria in 1764, from Quaker John Bellers (1654-1725) - who also argued for a European State - and a number of thinkers linked either to religious ideologies or to the ideology of Enlightenment. | Demands for the abolition of the death penalty had come from Cesare Beccaria in 1764, from Quaker John Bellers (1654-1725) - who also argued for a European State - and a number of thinkers linked either to religious ideologies or to the ideology of Enlightenment. | ||
After World War II, European governments and bodies like the Council of Europe have been campaigning for abolition. The same holds true for the United Nations whose General Assembly suggests the abolition of the death penalty in repeated non-binding resolutions. On the non-governmental level, NGOs like Amnesty International acts globally to outlaw capital punishment. | |||
The basic arguments against the death penalty (often used in combination) were (and are): | The basic arguments against the death penalty (often used in combination) were (and are): | ||