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Capital punishment in Mozambique

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Capital punishment was abolished in Mozambique in 1990.[1] The last execution took place in the country in 1986.[2]

Mozambique acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 21 Jul 1993.[3] Mozambique voted in favour of the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty eight times, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 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 26 July 2022.
  4. ^ "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.