Africa; Towards a moratorium on executions in Africa

Índice: AFR 01/009/2009
Fecha de publicación: 1 agosto 2009
Categorías: África

On 24 November 2008 the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission) adopted a resolution calling on states parties to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter) to observe a moratorium on the death penalty at its 44th Ordinary session in Abuja, Nigeria.