Burkina Faso

Abolitionist for ordinary crimes onlyLegal status of the death penalty*
0Number of individuals currently under sentence of death
0Executions in 2022
0Executions in 2021
0Executions in 2020

0Last known execution
Method(s) of execution
Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
Party to the American Convention on Human Rights
Party to the Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
UN Moratorium Resolution (2010): cosponsor
UN Moratorium Resolution (2010): vote
UN Moratorium Resolution (2010): has signed the Note Verbale of Dissociation
UN Moratorium Resolution (2012): cosponsor
UN Moratorium Resolution (2012): vote
UN Moratorium Resolution (2012): has signed the Note Verbale of Dissociation
Does the country have a mandatory death penalty?
2023-05-23Last update


Source: Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
*Source of classification: Amnesty International

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Document(s)

Ratification Kit – Burkina Faso

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022


2022

Lobbying

Burkina Faso

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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.

Document(s)

The Process of Abolishing the Death Penalty in Members States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

By Nael Georges, ECPM, on 27 November 2020


2020

NGO report

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Brunei Darussalam

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Egypt

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Libya

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Morocco

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Suriname

Tajikistan

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

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More details See the document

As the 47th session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is being held on 27-28 November 2020 in Niamey, Niger, ECPM and Nael Georges release this study, “The Process of Abolishing the Death Penalty in Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation”.

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