Capital punishment in Namibia

Capital punishment was abolished in Namibia in 1990.[1] The last execution was in 1988 under the rule of South Africa.[2]

According to the constitution of the Republic of Namibia, there shall be no executions in Namibia, and no court or tribunal shall impose death as a competent sentence. Namibia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 28 November 1994.[3] Namibia voted in favor of the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty eight times, in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.[4]

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. "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.
  4. "UN Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty" (PDF). Ensemble contre la peine de mort. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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