136 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the use of lethal injection as a method of execution in view of the current US Supreme Court cases addressing lethal injections potential status as cruel and unusual punishment in view of the fact that the combination of drugs used have been banned for use by the American Veterinary Association as being unacceptably cruel; if he will remind the Governments of the United States, China, Guatemala and the Philippines of their customary obligations under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and call on them to abolish the death penalty, but failing this at the very least to introduce an immediate moratorium on the use of lethal injection as a method of execution. [24991/07]

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136 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the use of lethal injection as a method of execution in view of the current US Supreme Court cases addressing lethal injections potential status as cruel and unusual punishment in view of the fact that the combination of drugs used have been banned for use by the American Veterinary Association as being unacceptably cruel; if he will remind the Governments of the United States, China, Guatemala and the Philippines of their customary obligations under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and call on them to abolish the death penalty, but failing this at the very least to introduce an immediate moratorium on the use of lethal injection as a method of execution. [24991/07]

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