Capital punishment was abolished in Madagascar in 2015.[1] Madagascar last executed 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

  1. ↑ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Death Penalty". Amnesty International. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "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.
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