Capital punishment was abolished in Djibouti in 1995. There have been no executions in Djibouti since independence from France on 27 June 1977. The country acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 5 November 2002.
References
- "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 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 July 25, 2022.
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