Capital punishment was abolished in Burundi on 24 April 2009.[1][2] Burundi is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[3] The last legal execution in Burundi took place in 1997.[4]
However, extrajudicial executions are common in Burundi.[5] On 18 February 2016, the then-Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye stated that the death penalty should be reinstated in Burundi, although that has not happened yet.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Death penalty abolition under threat in Burundi". IWACU English News. 10 October 2016. 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.
- ^ "Burundi abolishes death penalty". France 24. 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ a b "Death penalty abolition under threat in Burundi". IWACU English News. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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