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Ratifications that forbid the death penalty

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International and regional treaties aimed at the abolition of the death penalty

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Total 198 items.
CountryStatusCRCICCPROP1OP2PACHRP6P13
AfghanistanRetentionist3/28/19941/24/1983———
AlbaniaAbolitionist2/27/199210/4/199110/4/200710/17/2007—9/21/20002/6/2007
AlgeriaAbolitionist in practice4/16/19939/12/19899/12/1989———
AndorraAbolitionist1/2/19969/22/20069/22/20069/22/2006—1/22/19963/26/2003
AngolaAbolitionist12/5/19901/10/19921/10/199210/2/2019———
Antigua and BarbudaRetentionist10/5/1993——
ArgentinaAbolitionist12/4/19908/8/19868/8/19869/2/20086/18/2008——
ArmeniaAbolitionist6/23/19936/23/19936/23/19933/18/2021—9/29/200310/19/2023
AustraliaAbolitionist12/17/19908/13/19809/25/199110/2/1990———
AustriaAbolitionist8/6/19929/10/197812/10/19873/2/1993—1/5/19841/12/2004
AzerbaijanAbolitionist8/13/19928/13/199211/27/20011/22/1999rsv—4/15/2002signature
BahamasRetentionist2/20/199112/23/2008——
BahrainRetentionist2/13/19929/20/2006———
BangladeshRetentionist8/3/19909/6/2000———
BarbadosRetentionist10/9/19901/5/19731/5/1973——
BelarusRetentionist10/1/199011/12/19739/30/1992—
BelgiumAbolitionist12/16/19914/21/19835/17/199412/8/1998—12/10/19986/23/2003
BelizeAbolitionist in practice5/2/19906/10/1996——
BeninAbolitionist8/3/19903/12/19923/12/19927/5/2012———
BhutanAbolitionist8/1/1990———
BoliviaAbolitionist6/26/19908/12/19828/12/19827/12/2013——
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbolitionist9/1/19939/1/19933/1/19953/16/2001—7/12/20027/29/2003
BotswanaRetentionist3/14/19959/8/2000———
BrazilAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only9/24/19901/24/19929/25/20099/25/2009rsv7/31/1996rsv——
Brunei DarussalamAbolitionist in practice12/27/1995———
BulgariaAbolitionist6/3/19919/21/19703/26/19928/10/1999—9/29/19992/13/2003
Burkina FasoAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only8/31/19901/4/19991/4/1999———
BurundiAbolitionist10/19/19905/9/1990———
Cabo VerdeAbolitionist6/4/19928/6/19935/19/20005/19/2000———
CambodiaAbolitionist10/15/19925/26/1992signature———
CameroonAbolitionist in practice1/11/19936/27/19846/27/1984———
CanadaAbolitionist12/13/19915/19/19765/19/197611/25/2005——
Central African RepublicAbolitionist4/23/19925/8/19815/8/1981———
ChadAbolitionist10/2/19906/9/19956/9/1995———
ChileAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only8/13/19902/10/19725/27/19929/26/2008rsv8/4/2008rsv——
ChinaRetentionist3/2/1992signature———
ColombiaAbolitionist1/28/199110/29/196910/29/19698/5/1997——
ComorosRetentionist6/22/1993signature———
CongoAbolitionist10/14/199310/5/198310/5/1983———
Cook IslandsAbolitionist6/6/1997———
Costa RicaAbolitionist8/21/199011/29/196811/29/19686/5/19983/30/1998——
Côte d'IvoireAbolitionist2/4/19913/26/19923/5/19975/3/2024———
CroatiaAbolitionist10/12/199210/12/199210/12/199510/12/1995—11/5/19972/3/2003
CubaRetentionist8/21/1991signature——
CyprusAbolitionist2/7/19914/2/19694/15/19929/10/1999—1/19/20003/12/2003
CzechiaAbolitionist2/22/19932/22/19932/22/19936/15/2004—3/18/19927/2/2004
Democratic Republic of the CongoRetentionist9/27/199011/1/197611/1/1976———
DenmarkAbolitionist7/19/19911/6/19721/6/19722/24/1994—12/1/198311/28/2002
DjiboutiAbolitionist12/6/199011/5/200211/5/200211/5/2002———
DominicaRetentionist3/13/19916/17/1993——
Dominican RepublicAbolitionist6/11/19911/4/19781/4/19789/21/201612/19/2011——
EcuadorAbolitionist3/23/19903/6/19693/6/19692/23/19932/5/1998——
EgyptRetentionist7/6/19901/14/1982———
El SalvadorAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only7/10/199011/30/19796/6/19954/8/2014rsv——
Equatorial GuineaAbolitionist6/15/19929/25/19879/25/1987———
EritreaAbolitionist in practice8/3/19941/22/2002———
EstoniaAbolitionist10/21/199110/21/199110/21/19911/30/2004—4/17/19982/25/2004
EthiopiaRetentionist5/14/19916/11/1993———
FijiAbolitionist8/13/1993———
FinlandAbolitionist6/20/19918/19/19758/19/19754/4/1991—5/10/199011/29/2004
FranceAbolitionist8/7/199011/4/19802/17/198410/2/2007—2/17/198610/10/2007
GabonAbolitionist2/9/19941/21/19834/2/2014———
GambiaAbolitionist in practice8/8/199012/29/19786/9/19889/28/2018———
GeorgiaAbolitionist6/2/19945/3/19945/3/19943/22/1999—4/13/20005/22/2003
GermanyAbolitionist3/6/199212/17/19738/25/19938/18/1992—7/5/198910/11/2004
GhanaAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only2/5/19909/7/20009/7/2000———
GreeceAbolitionist5/11/19935/5/19975/5/19975/5/1997rsv—9/8/19982/1/2005
GrenadaAbolitionist in practice11/5/19909/6/1991——
GuatemalaAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only6/6/19905/19/198811/28/2000——
GuineaAbolitionist7/13/19901/24/19786/17/1993———
Guinea-BissauAbolitionist8/20/19907/2/19929/24/20139/24/2013———
GuyanaRetentionist1/14/19912/15/19771/5/1999——
HaitiAbolitionist6/8/19952/6/1991——
Holy SeeAbolitionist4/20/1990—
HondurasAbolitionist8/10/19908/25/19976/7/20054/1/20089/14/2011——
HungaryAbolitionist10/7/19911/17/19749/17/19882/24/1994—11/5/19927/16/2003
IcelandAbolitionist10/28/19928/22/19798/22/19794/2/1991—5/22/198711/10/2004
IndiaRetentionist12/11/19924/10/1979———
IndonesiaRetentionist9/5/19902/23/2006———
IranRetentionist7/13/19946/24/1975———
IraqRetentionist6/15/19941/25/1971———
IrelandAbolitionist9/28/199212/8/1989rsv12/8/19896/18/1993—6/24/19945/3/2002
IsraelAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only10/3/199110/3/1991———
ItalyAbolitionist9/5/19919/15/19789/15/19782/14/1995—12/29/19883/3/2009
JamaicaRetentionist5/14/199110/3/1975——
JapanRetentionist4/22/19946/21/1979———
JordanRetentionist5/24/19915/28/1975———
KazakhstanAbolitionist8/12/19941/24/20066/30/20093/24/2022———
KenyaAbolitionist in practice7/30/19905/1/1972———
KiribatiAbolitionist12/11/1995———
KuwaitRetentionist10/21/19915/21/1996———
KyrgyzstanAbolitionist10/7/199410/7/199410/7/199512/6/2010———
LaoAbolitionist in practice5/8/19919/25/2009———
LatviaAbolitionist4/14/19924/14/19926/22/19944/19/2013—5/7/19991/26/2012
LebanonRetentionist5/14/199111/3/1972———
LesothoRetentionist3/10/19929/9/19929/6/2000———
LiberiaAbolitionist in practice6/4/19939/22/2004signature9/16/2005———
LibyaRetentionist4/15/19935/15/19705/16/1989———
LiechtensteinAbolitionist12/22/199512/10/199812/10/199812/10/1998—11/15/199012/5/2002
LithuaniaAbolitionist1/31/199211/20/199111/20/19913/27/2002—7/8/19991/29/2004
LuxembourgAbolitionist3/7/19948/18/19838/18/19832/12/1992—2/19/19853/21/2006
MacedoniaAbolitionist12/2/19931/18/199412/12/19941/26/1995—4/10/19977/13/2004
MadagascarAbolitionist3/19/19916/21/19716/21/19719/21/2017———
MalawiAbolitionist in practice1/2/199112/22/19936/11/1996———
MalaysiaRetentionist2/17/1995———
MaldivesAbolitionist in practice2/11/19919/19/20069/19/2006———
MaliAbolitionist in practice9/21/19907/16/197410/24/2001———
MaltaAbolitionist9/30/19909/13/19909/13/199012/29/1994—3/26/19915/3/2002
Marshall IslandsAbolitionist10/4/19933/12/2018———
MauritaniaAbolitionist in practice5/16/199111/17/2004———
MauritiusAbolitionist7/26/199012/12/197312/12/1973———
MexicoAbolitionist9/21/19903/23/19813/15/20029/26/20076/28/2007——
MicronesiaAbolitionist5/5/1993———
MoldovaAbolitionist1/26/19931/26/19931/23/20089/20/2006rsv—9/12/199710/18/2006
MonacoAbolitionist6/21/19938/28/19973/28/2000—11/30/200511/30/2005
MongoliaAbolitionist7/5/199011/18/19744/16/19913/13/2012———
MontenegroAbolitionist10/23/200610/23/200610/23/200610/23/2006—3/3/20043/3/2004
MoroccoAbolitionist in practice6/21/19935/3/1979———
MozambiqueAbolitionist4/26/19947/21/19937/21/1993———
MyanmarRetentionist7/15/1991———
NamibiaAbolitionist9/30/199011/28/199411/28/199411/28/1994———
NauruAbolitionist7/27/1994signaturesignature———
NepalAbolitionist9/14/19905/14/19915/14/19913/4/1998———
NetherlandsAbolitionist2/6/199512/11/197812/11/19783/26/1991—4/25/19862/10/2006
New ZealandAbolitionist4/6/199312/28/19785/26/19892/22/1990———
NicaraguaAbolitionist10/5/19903/12/19803/12/19802/25/20093/24/1999——
NigerAbolitionist in practice9/30/19903/7/19863/7/1986———
NigeriaRetentionist4/19/19917/29/1993———
NiueAbolitionist12/20/1995———
North KoreaRetentionist9/21/19909/14/1981———
NorwayAbolitionist1/8/19919/13/19729/13/19729/5/1991—10/25/19888/16/2005
OmanRetentionist12/9/1996———
PakistanRetentionist11/12/19906/23/2010———
PalauAbolitionist8/4/1995signature———
PalestineRetentionist4/2/20144/2/20143/18/2019———
PanamaAbolitionist12/12/19903/8/19773/8/19771/21/19936/27/1991——
Papua New GuineaAbolitionist3/2/19937/21/2008———
ParaguayAbolitionist9/25/19906/10/19921/10/19958/18/200310/31/2000——
PeruAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only9/4/19904/28/197810/3/1980——
PhilippinesAbolitionist8/21/199010/23/19868/22/198911/20/2007———
PolandAbolitionist6/7/19913/18/197711/7/19914/25/2014—10/30/20005/23/2014
PortugalAbolitionist9/21/19906/15/19785/3/198310/17/1990—10/2/198610/3/2003
QatarRetentionist4/3/1995———
RomaniaAbolitionist9/28/199012/9/19747/20/19932/27/1991—6/20/19944/7/2003
RussiaAbolitionist in practice8/16/199010/16/197310/1/1991—signature
RwandaAbolitionist1/24/19914/16/197512/15/2008———
Saint Kitts and NevisRetentionist7/24/1990——
Saint LuciaRetentionist6/16/1993signature——
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesRetentionist10/26/199311/9/198111/9/1981——
SamoaAbolitionist11/29/19942/15/2008———
San MarinoAbolitionist11/25/199110/18/198510/18/19858/17/2004—3/22/19894/25/2003
Sao Tome and PrincipeAbolitionist5/14/19911/10/20173/23/20171/10/2017———
Saudi ArabiaRetentionist1/26/1996———
SenegalAbolitionist7/31/19902/13/19782/13/1978———
SerbiaAbolitionist3/12/20013/12/20019/6/20019/6/2001—3/3/20043/3/2004
SeychellesAbolitionist9/7/19905/5/19925/5/199212/15/1994———
Sierra LeoneAbolitionist6/18/19908/23/19968/23/1996———
SingaporeRetentionist10/5/1995———
SlovakiaAbolitionist5/28/19935/28/19935/28/19936/22/1999—3/18/19928/18/2005
SloveniaAbolitionist7/6/19927/6/19927/16/19933/10/1994—6/28/199412/4/2003
Solomon IslandsAbolitionist4/10/1995———
SomaliaRetentionist10/1/20151/24/19901/24/1990———
South AfricaAbolitionist6/16/199512/10/19988/28/20028/28/2002———
South KoreaAbolitionist in practice11/20/19914/10/19904/10/1990———
South SudanRetentionist1/23/20152/5/2024———
SpainAbolitionist12/6/19904/27/19771/25/19854/11/1991—1/14/198512/16/2009
Sri LankaAbolitionist in practice7/12/19916/11/198010/3/1997———
SudanRetentionist8/3/19903/18/1986———
SurinameAbolitionist3/1/199312/28/197612/28/1976——
SwazilandAbolitionist in practice9/7/19953/26/2004———
SwedenAbolitionist6/29/199012/6/197112/6/19715/11/1990—2/9/19844/22/2003
SwitzerlandAbolitionist2/24/19976/18/19926/16/1994—10/13/19875/3/2002
SyriaRetentionist7/15/19934/21/1969———
TaiwanRetentionist———
TajikistanAbolitionist in practice10/26/19931/4/19991/4/1999———
TanzaniaAbolitionist in practice6/10/19916/11/1976———
ThailandRetentionist3/27/199210/29/1996rsv———
Timor-LesteAbolitionist4/16/20039/18/20039/18/2003———
TogoAbolitionist8/1/19905/24/19843/30/19889/14/2016———
TongaAbolitionist in practice11/6/1995———
Trinidad and TobagoRetentionist12/5/199112/21/1978——
TunisiaAbolitionist in practice1/30/19923/18/19696/29/2011———
TurkeyAbolitionist4/4/199510/23/200311/24/20063/2/2006—11/12/20032/20/2006
TurkmenistanAbolitionist9/20/19935/1/19975/1/19971/11/2000———
TuvaluAbolitionist9/22/1995———
UgandaRetentionist8/17/19901/21/198711/14/1995———
UkraineAbolitionist8/28/199111/12/19737/25/19917/25/2007—4/4/20003/11/2003
United Arab EmiratesRetentionist1/3/1997———
United KingdomAbolitionist12/16/19915/20/197612/10/1999—5/20/199910/10/2003
United States of AmericaRetentionistsignature6/8/1992rsv——
UruguayAbolitionist11/20/19904/1/19704/1/19701/21/19932/8/1994——
UzbekistanAbolitionist6/29/19949/28/19959/28/199512/23/2008———
VanuatuAbolitionist7/7/199311/21/2008———
VenezuelaAbolitionist9/14/19905/10/19785/10/19782/22/19934/6/1994——
Viet NamRetentionist2/28/19909/24/1982———
YemenRetentionist5/1/19912/9/1987———
ZambiaAbolitionist12/6/19914/10/19844/10/198412/19/2024———
ZimbabweAbolitionist for ordinary crimes only9/11/19905/13/1991———

Treaties' legend

CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child. 196 member States and 1 signatory State [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 171 member States and 6 signatory States [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
OP1
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 116 member States and 3 signatory States [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
OP2
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. 92 member States and 0 signatory States [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
PACHR
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty. 13 member States and 0 signatory States [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
P6
Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the Abolition of the Death Penalty. 46 member States and 1 signatory State [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
P13
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances. 45 member States and 1 signatory State [treaty's text, summary table, ratification map]
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