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Capital punishment in Colombia was abolished by the 1910 constitution. [1] In prohibiting the death penalty, the Colombian Constitution of 1991 states "The right to life is inviolable. There will be no death penalty." [ citation needed ]
The last person to be legally executed in Colombia was Manuel Saturio Valencia by firing squad on 5 May 1907 for arson.[ citation needed ]
Colombia voted in favor of the United Nations moratorium on the death penalty eight consecutive times: in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.[ citation needed ] Colombia is a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Colombia acceded to the treaty on 5 Aug 1997. [2]