International Submissions

This report addresses Niger's compliance with its international human rights obligations regarding the death penalty and related issues, such as detention conditions and discrimination against women. While Niger has not carried out any executions since 1976, Niger has neither abolished the death penalty nor instituted a de jure moratorium on executions. This report examines the current state of the death penalty in Niger and recommends Niger abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This report further recommends, in the meantime, that Niger (1) institute an official moratorium on executions, (2) enact constitutional and legislative provisions directly pertaining to the death penalty, such as limiting the death penalty to the "most serious crimes," and (3) publish data regarding the death penalty and enhance transparency regarding death penalty practices.