Although courts still hand out the death penalty, the country has had a DE facto moratorium on capital punishment and has not executed anyone since December 1997.

虽然法院还未正式执行死刑，但该国已进行了事实上的暂停执行死刑，自1997年12月以来并没有处决任何人。

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I therefore urge Taiwan not to undertake further executions, but instead to put in place an immediate DE facto moratorium on executions, pending legal abolition.

因此我敦促台湾停止继续执行死刑，且立即实质暂停执行死刑，直到在法律中废除死刑。

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Until a few weeks ago it was a foregone conclusion that Turkey's parliament, dominated as it is by the right, would have Mr Ocalan sent to the gallows, even though Turkey has in fact observed a de facto moratorium on executions since 1984 in order to improve its chances of joining the European Union.

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