> forced by the EU to ban it The death penalty is prohibited by protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights [1]. Ratifying the convention is a requir

> forced by the EU to ban it The death penalty is prohibited by protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights [1]. Ratifying the convention is a requirement for joining the EU, but it isn't the EU that is doing the banning. The ECHR is an instrument of the Council of Europe, which is not connected to (and pre-dates) the European Union. [1] http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/hrpolicy/Others_issues/Death_Penalty/default_en.asp http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/hrpolicy/Others_is...