West Africa: Time to abolish the death penalty\n\n
West Africa: Time to abolish the death penalty\n\n
Índice AI: AFR 05/003/2003Fecha de publicación: 10 octubre 2003
Categorías: Benín, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Costa de Marfil, Liberia, Malí, Mauritania, Níger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, África, África Occidental
This doument summarizes each of the 16 ECOWAS countries' legislation on the death penalty, provides information on the most recent executions and convictions and notes the view currently taken by the governments concerned. Two thirds have already abolished the death penalty \n\n