Judicial Execution

House of Lords written question – answered at on 22 April 2013.

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Photo of Lord Patten Lord Patten Conservative

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the use of crucifixion as a form of judicial execution, and (2) the practice of displaying on a cross the bodies of those executed as the result of a judicial sentence.

Photo of Baroness Warsi Baroness Warsi Senior Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Jointly with the Department for Communities and Local Government), Senior Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Faith and Communities) (also in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

The Government consider the use of crucifixion as a form of judicial execution to be abhorrent. It is contrary to international law as a form of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

We consider the display on a cross of the bodies of those executed to also constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. These appalling practices should have no place in any society.

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