Capital punishment was abolished in Zimbabwe in 2024. [1] Despite death penalty remaining on the country's statute books as a legal punishment until 2024, Zimbabwe did not carry out any executions after 2005. [2] Zimbabwe abstained during the 2020 United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution. [3]
References
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "The Death Penalty in Zimbabwe". Death Penalty Worldwide. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. 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 Zimbabwe in 2024. [1] Despite death penalty remaining on the country's statute books as a legal punishment until 2024, Zimbabwe did not carry out any executions after 2005. [2] Zimbabwe abstained during the 2020 United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution. [3]
References
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "The Death Penalty in Zimbabwe". Death Penalty Worldwide. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. 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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