On 20 December 2012, Algeria co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.[15] Angola *None since independence in 1975 1992 Abolished in 1992 by Constitution Benin 1987 2016 On 6 July 2012, Benin acceded to the Second Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which makes Benin abolitionist.[16] The decision was upheld by the Constitutional Court in January 2016 although the death penalty is still present in statutes.[8] Botswana 2016[17] 1 n/a Hanging.