Africa; Towards a moratorium on executions in Africa

Index Number: AFR 01/009/2009
Date Published: 1 August 2009
Categories: Africa

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.