Niger Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The Death Penalty
Country: Niger
Partners: Coalition Ensemble Contre la Torture (ECT-NIGER) , Convergence Nationale pour la Promotion des Droits des Femmes et Enfants (CONPRODFE NIGER) , Niger Coalition against the death penalty - CONICOPEM NIGER, Observatoire National des Lieux de détention (OLIDE NIGER) , Plateforme les Défenseurs de Droits (PDD), Réseau Progrès et Développement Humanitaire du Niger (REPRODEVH NIGER) , Syndicat National des Agents de la Formation et de l’Education du Niger (SYNAFEN NIGER) , World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
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.
