Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Burkina Faso. It has been abolished for all offenses except war crimes, making the country "Abolitionist for Ordinary Crimes,"[1][2][3][4] along with Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Israel, and Peru. Before the partial abolition of capital punishment in 2018, capital punishment had been abolished de facto.[5] Its last execution was performed in 1989.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Burkina Faso abolishes death penalty in new penal code". AP NEWS. May 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ étrangères, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. "Burkina Faso – Abolition of the death penalty (04.06.18)". France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
  3. ↑ "Burkina Faso and the Death Penalty". Parliamentarians for Global Action - Mobilizing Legislators as Champions for Human Rights, Democracy and a Sustainable World.
  4. ↑ "Burkina Faso: Abolition of death penalty a hard-won victory". Amnesty International. June 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Burkina Faso: Abolitionist De Facto". Deathpenaltyworldwide.org. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2022.


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