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U.S. Dept. of State, Background Note: Mali, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2828.htm, Jan. 3, 2012.
 U.N., Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm, Sep. 20, 2011.
 Roger Hood & Carolyn Hoyle, The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective, p. 411, Oxford University Press, 4th ed., 2008. La Peine de Mort dans le Monde, La peine de mort – Mali, http://www.peinedemort.org/National/pays.php?pays=37, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012. Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort, La peine de mort : Mali, http://www.abolition.fr/ecpm/french/fiche-pays.php?pays=MLI, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 11, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001. Amnesty Intl., When the State Kills, p. 173, Amnesty Intl. Publications, 1989. La Peine de Mort dans le Monde, La peine de mort – Mali, http://www.peinedemort.org/National/pays.php?pays=37, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2017, p. 34, ACT 50/7955/2018, Apr. 12, 2018.
 La Peine de Mort dans le Monde, La peine de mort – Mali, http://www.peinedemort.org/National/pays.php?pays=37, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012.
Premeditated murder,  murder committed in furtherance of another offense,  murder committed for ritual purposes  or by immolation,  parricide  and poisoning resulting in death  are punishable by death.
Hijacking an aircraft resulting in death,  damaging any buildings, roads, facilities or vehicles of public utility with explosives and causing death,  are punishable by death.
Bombing or setting fire to transportation facilities  or facilities belonging to the state,  placing roadside bombs,  and participating in a group that attempted or committed a terrorist attack designed to provoke insurrection, devastation or massacres,  are punishable by death.
Arson Not Resulting in Death.
Committing treason in the service of a foreign power,  conspiring or attempting to overthrow the government,  conspiring against state security as a public employee  or as part of an armed group,  conspiring against military commanders in time of war,  illegally taking command of public forces,  and attempting to provoke insurrection, civil war, devastation or massacres,  are punishable by death.
The 1995 Military Justice Code of Mali provides that desertion before the enemy,  cowardice or dereliction of duty,  insubordination in time of war,  and instigation of a mutiny in time of war  are punishable by death.
Crimes against humanity  and genocide  are punishable by death.
- Poisoning  or mass poisoning of water supplies,  whether or not they result in death, are punishable by death.
Article 18 further provides that mitigating circumstances cannot benefit a defendant who committed a crime in a state of intoxication.  It is unclear whether this precludes consideration of any mitigating factors for such defendants, or whether this merely prohibits considering intoxication alone as a mitigating factor.
We have been unable to ascertain, however, whether defendants who commit an offense in a state of intoxication are excluded from the scope of Article 18 (see previous question).
Moreover, Mali is a party to the ICCPR  and to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,  which prohibit the execution of individuals for crimes committed while under the age of 18.
Under Article 11 of the Penal Code, a pregnant woman may only be executed after giving birth and weaning her child.  Additionally, Mali is party to the ICCPR,  which prohibits the execution of pregnant women.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 199, 200, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 201, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 209, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 308, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 307, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 311, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 51(1), Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 3, 307, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 47, 52, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 253, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 305, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 51.1°, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 237, 238, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 33, 34, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001. Code of Military Justice of Mali, art. 129, Law No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 20, 1995.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 45, 50, 52, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 77-80, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 51, 2° & 3°, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Code of Military Justice of Mali, art. 130, Law No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 20, 1995.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 48, 49, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 33-35, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Code of Military Justice of Mali, arts. 117, 118, Law No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 20, 1995.
 Code of Military Justice of Mali, arts. 127, 129, 176, 177, Law No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 20, 1995.
 Code of Military Justice of Mali, arts. 154, 171, Law No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 20, 1995.
 Code of Military Justice of Mali, art. 150, Law No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 20, 1995.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 29, 32, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, arts. 30, 32, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 153, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 314, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 200, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 3, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 18, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 26, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001. Child Protection Code of Mali (Ordonnance portant code de protection de l’enfant), arts. 95-96, Ordinance No. 02-062/P-RM, Jun. 5, 2002.
 Child Protection Code of Mali (Ordonnance portant code de protection de l’enfant), art. 169, Ordinance No. 02-062/P-RM, Jun. 5, 2002.
 Code of Military Justice of Mali, arts. 185-186, Law. No. 95-042/AN-RM, Apr. 1995.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, ICCPR, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Dec. 16, 1966, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012.
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 Penal Code of Mali, art. 11, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Penal Code of Mali, art. 28, Law No. 01-079, Aug. 20, 2001.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Dec. 16, 1966, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-5&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Second Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty, 1642 U.N.T.S. 414, Dec. 15, 1989, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-12&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Mar. 7, 2012.
 U.N.G.A., 65th Session, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, pp. 5-6, U.N. Doc. A/65/456/Add.2, Dec. 8, 2010.
Article 1 of the Constitution states that the human person is sacred and inviolable and that everyone has the right to life, without providing for any exceptions,  implying that capital punishment could be unconstitutional.
Opposition to the abolition bill has caused the parliamentary debate and vote to be postponed several times,  most recently in December 2010, when the abolition bill was tabled for the parliamentary session of April 2011.  By the end of our research, no outcome of the abolition debate was reported, and we assume that the bill is still pending in the National Assembly.
Reports indicate that in Mali few legal opinions are published.  It is possible that decisions may become available through websites such as http://www.justicemali.org/.
 Constitution of Mali, art. 1, Feb. 25, 1992. An unofficial English version of the Constitution of Mali is available at http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/Mali.pdf, but the translation might not be completely accurate.
 Constitution of Mali, arts. 90, 116, Feb. 25, 1992.
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However, individuals who face a life sentence after their death sentence has been commuted may face seriously inadequate living conditions. Overpopulation,  poor access to medical facilities  and insufficient food supplies  are among the most serious problems faced by detainees.
We believe that as of March 2012, no-one is under sentence of death in Mali.
We believe that as of March 2012 no one is under sentence of death in Mali. In 1997, President Konaré commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment.  He was succeeded in 2002 by President Toumani Touré, who opposes the death penalty and as of 2008 was systematically commuting all death sentences that were pronounced.  At least 40 individuals were sentenced to death in 2008,  2009,  2010,  and 2011,  but we believe that their sentences were commuted.
However, we note that corruption in the judiciary leads to discrimination between poor and wealthy defendants.  Thus, the practice of commuting death sentences to life imprisonment may not address any unfairness in the awarding of death sentences, because poor defendants could still face vastly disproportionate punishment compared to wealthy defendants (who may receive lighter judicial sentences compared to a poor person’s commuted life imprisonment sentence).
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