Capital punishment was abolished in Djibouti in 1995.[1] There have been no executions in Djibouti since independence from France on 27 June 1977.[2] The country acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 5 November 2002.[3]
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- ^ "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.