[2] On 25 May 2022, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema announced that the death penalty would soon be abolished in Zambia.
[3][4] On 23 December 2022, capital punishment was officially abolished, though it remains in some military statutes.
[5] On 19 December 2024, Zambia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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