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