South Sudan

- South Sudan, Africa (Northern Africa)
  
  300 Number of Individuals Currently Under Sentence of Death
  
  2017 Year of Last Known Execution
  
  0 Number of Executions in 2018
  
  4. Number of Executions in 2017
  
  2 Number of Executions in 2016
- Death penalty law status: Retentionist
- Method(s) of execution: Hanging
- Party to the ICCPR No
- Party to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR No
- Party to the American Convention on Human Rights
  - Not Applicable
- Party to the Death Penalty Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights
  - Not Applicable
- UN 2012 moratorium resolution: cosponsor No
- UN 2012 moratorium resolution: vote For
- UN 2012 moratorium resolution: Signed the Note Verbale of Dissociation No
- Does the country have a mandatory death penalty?
  - Unsure
- Is there currently an official moratorium on executions within the country? No
- Source: Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
- Last updated: 25 April 2013
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- World Day 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Living conditions on death row
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South Sudan, Africa (Northern Africa)