Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.

Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998.
The Constitution sanctions the principle that "in Albania man's life is protected by law".
The Military Code envisages the death penalty for seven crimes: surrender to enemy forces resulting in severe consequences; releasing state secrets; collaborating with the enemy; defection of senior military personnel; non-observance of orders; forcing others to violate orders and murder. Under the Military code, people who were below the age of 18 at the time when the crime was committed and women cannot be condemned to death. The last execution in Albania took place in 1995.