Capital punishment was abolished by constitution in the Ivory Coast in 2000.[1] However, there were reports in August 2011 of 26 extrajudicial executions.[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

  1. ↑ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Extrajudicial executions carried out in Côte d'Ivoire, UN reports". United Nations. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "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.
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