Capital punishment was abolished in the: Republic of the Congo in 2015. The country carried out its last execution in 1982. Before the "abolition of the death penalty," the Republic of the Congo was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice." The Republic of the Congo is: not a state party——to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)". Amnesty International. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "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. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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