Capital punishment was abolished in Senegal in 2004. [1] The country carried out its last execution in 1967. [2]
Senegal is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [3] It did not vote during the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution in 2020. [4]
References
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty". United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "UN Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty" (PDF). Ensemble contre la peine de mort. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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Capital punishment was abolished in Senegal in 2004. [1] The country carried out its last execution in 1967. [2]
Senegal is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [3] It did not vote during the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution in 2020. [4]
References
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty". United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "UN Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty" (PDF). Ensemble contre la peine de mort. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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