executions in the world:

In 2024

0

2000 to present

0

legend:

Abolitionist
retentionist
De facto abolitionist
Moratorium on executions
Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
Committed to abolishing the death penalty

CAPE VERDE

government: republic

state of civil and political rights: Free

constitution: 25 September 1992, revised in 1995 and 1999

legal system: derived from the legal system of Portugal

legislative system: unicameral National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)

judicial system: Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de Justica)

religion: Catholic majority

death row:

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0

international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:

situation:

Africa

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URGENT APPEAL FOR MELISSA LUCIO

On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.

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IRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on April 18

IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on April 17

USA - Louisiana. Louisiana might remove nitrogen gas as an execution option

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Hands off Cain is an international league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty in the world. It is a non-profit, non-violent, transnational and trans-national Partito Radicale founded in Brussels in 1993 and recognized in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a development co-operation NGO.