Capital punishment was abolished in Togo in 2009. [1] The country carried out its last execution in 1978. [2] Prior to the death penalty's de jure abolition, Togo was classified as " Abolitionist in Practice." [3]
Togo acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 Sep 2016. [4] Togo voted in favour of the 2020 United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution. [5]
Capital punishment was abolished in Togo in 2009. [1] The country carried out its last execution in 1978. [2] Prior to the death penalty's de jure abolition, Togo was classified as " Abolitionist in Practice." [3]
Togo acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 Sep 2016. [4] Togo voted in favour of the 2020 United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution. [5]