The Central African Republic has abolished capital punishment, after the National Assembly passed a bill abolishing it on 27 May 2022.[1][2][3] Prior to its abolition in law, the nation was considered "Abolitionist in Practice."[4][5] The country carried out its last executions, of six unnamed men, in January 1981.[6]
In 2018, Roland Achille Bangue-Betangai, the Chairman of the Legislation Committee of the Parliament of the Central African Republic, introduced a bill to abolish the death penalty in the country.[7] In March the following year, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Laurent Ngon-Baba, created a joint committee to examine the bill.[8]
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- ^ "Zambia, Central African Republic Move to Abolish Death Penalty". Death Penalty Information Center.
- ^ "The Central African Republic is the 24th African state to abolish the death penalty". Ensemble contre la peine de mort. June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Central African Republic Becomes 24th African State to Abolish the Death Penalty". WCADP. June 3, 2022.
- ^ Death sentences and Executions 2021 Amnesty International
- ^ "Central African Republic Archives". Amnesty International.
- ^ "Capital crimes include: aggravated murder..." May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24.
- ^ "Central African Republic and the Death Penalty".
- ^ "Central African Republic and the Death Penalty".