Capital punishment was abolished by constitution in the Ivory Coast in 2000.[1] However, there were reports in August 2011 of 26 extrajudicial executions, "including that of a 17-month-old baby".[2] The Ivory Coast is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Extrajudicial executions carried out in Côte d'Ivoire, UN reports". United Nations. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Ivory Coast invited to ratify the UN Protocol on the death penalty". World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2022.