Contemporary era · 1989

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, is a subsidiary agreement to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It was created on 15 December 1989 and entered into force on 11 July 1991. As of December 2024, the Optional Protocol has 92 state parties.

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights · Wikimedia Commons
When
15 Dec 1989
Where
New York City
Era
Contemporary

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