Capital punishment was abolished in Madagascar in 2015.[1] The last execution in Madagascar was carried out in 1958.[2] Prior to de jure abolition, Madagascar was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice."[3]
Madagascar signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 24 Sep 2012 and ratified it on 21 Sep 2017.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Death Penalty". Amnesty International. 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 25 July 2022.