title: Capital punishment in Equatorial Guinea
text: # Capital punishment in Equatorial Guinea
  
  Capital punishment is no longer a legal punishment in Equatorial Guinea.
  
  The last execution was in 2014. Equatorial Guinea is required to have a moratorium on executions in order to become a full member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
  
  There is currently no one on death row in Equatorial Guinea, as of 24 May 2022. There were no death sentences handed down in the country in 2021.
  
  ## Abolition
  
  On 19 September 2022, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signed a new penal code that abolished the death penalty, according to a tweet sent by Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue.
  
  