Capital punishment in Burundi

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Capital punishment was abolished in Burundi on 24 April 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/death-penalty-abolition-under-threat-in-burundi/#:~:text=Burundi%20abolished%20death%20penalty%20on%2024%20April%202009.,announced%20he%20would%20run%20for%20a%20third%20term.|title=Death penalty abolition under threat in Burundi|accessdate=25 July 2022|date=10 October 2016|publisher=IWACU English News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/6665/2017/en/|title=Abolitionist and retentionist countries (as of July 2018)|accessdate=25 July 2022|date=23 October 2018|publisher=Amnesty International}} Burundi is not a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.{{cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-12&chapter=4|title=12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty|publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection|accessdate=July 25, 2022}} The last legal execution in Burundi took place in 1997.{{Cite web |date=2008-11-22 |title=Burundi abolishes death penalty |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20081122-burundi-abolishes-death-penalty-legal-reforms |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=France 24 |language=en}}

However, extrajudicial executions are common in Burundi.{{cite web|url=https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/englishnews/death-penalty-abolition-under-threat-in-burundi/#:~:text=Burundi%20abolished%20death%20penalty%20on%2024%20April%202009.,announced%20he%20would%20run%20for%20a%20third%20term.|title=Death penalty abolition under threat in Burundi|accessdate=25 July 2022|date=10 October 2016|publisher=IWACU English News}} On 18 February 2016, the then-Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye stated that the death penalty should be reinstated in Burundi, although that has not happened yet.