Capital punishment in Togo

Capital punishment was abolished in Togo in 2009.[1] The country carried out its last execution in 1978.[2] Prior to the death penalty's de jure abolition, Togo was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice."[3]

Togo acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 Sep 2016.[4] Togo voted in favour of the 2020 United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution.[5]

References

1. "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
3. "Death Penalty". Amnesty International. Retrieved 26 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 26 July 2022.
5. "UN Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty" (PDF). Ensemble contre la peine de mort. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.