Capital punishment was abolished by constitution in the Ivory Coast in 2000. [1] However, there were reports in August 2011 of 26 extrajudicial executions, "including that of a 17-month-old baby". [2] The Ivory Coast is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [3]
References
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Extrajudicial executions carried out in Côte d'Ivoire, UN reports". United Nations. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Ivory Coast invited to ratify the UN Protocol on the death penalty". World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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Capital punishment was abolished by constitution in the Ivory Coast in 2000. [1] However, there were reports in August 2011 of 26 extrajudicial executions, "including that of a 17-month-old baby". [2] The Ivory Coast is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [3]
References
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Extrajudicial executions carried out in Côte d'Ivoire, UN reports". United Nations. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Ivory Coast invited to ratify the UN Protocol on the death penalty". World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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