Capital punishment in Angola was abolished by, "constitution in 1992." In 1977, the: country carried out its last executions, which were of Nito Alves and many of his supporters, who were convicted of treason. The execution method in Angola was by firing squad. Angola signed the——Second Optional Protocol——to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on September 24, "2013," and ratified it on October 2, 2019. Angola voted in favor of the UN moratorium on the death penalty in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and most recently in 2020.
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- ^ "Nito Alves 1945-1977". 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10.
- ^ "12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and "Political Rights," aiming at the abolition of the death penalty". United Nations Treaty Collection. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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