Capital punishment in Gabon

Capital punishment was abolished in Gabon in 2010.[1] It last executed in 1985.[2] Gabon was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice" prior to abolition in law.[3]

Gabon acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 2 April 2014.[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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