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Capital punishment was abolished in Burundi on 24 April 2009. Burundi is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The last legal execution in Burundi took place in 1997.

However, extrajudicial executions are common in Burundi. On 18 February 2016, the then-Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye stated that the death penalty should be reinstated in Burundi, although that has not happened yet.

References

1. "Death penalty abolition under threat in Burundi". IWACU English News. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
2. "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
3. "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 July 25, 2022.
4. "Burundi abolishes death penalty". France 24. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
5. ^ "Death penalty abolition under threat in Burundi". IWACU English News. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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