Albania
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Albania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
- News items in the archive
- 57
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Albania is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 57 news items on Albania, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2021AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
ALBANIA REFUSES TO EXTRADITE MAN FACING EGYPT DEATH SENTENCE
A court in Albania refused on 20 August 2021 to extradite an Egyptian man who faces a death sentence in his country.
- JANUARY 1, 2020AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2019AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2018AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2017AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2016AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2015AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2014AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2013AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2012AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2011AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2010AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2009AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2008AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Albania voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JUNE 1, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection...
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection...
- MARCH 25, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
ALBANIA AMENDS PENAL CODE TO SCRAP COURT MARTIAL DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Ministers approved a bill to amend the Law on the Penal Military Code of the Republic of
- JANUARY 1, 2007AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999...
- JANUARY 1, 2006AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
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.
- APRIL 20, 2005AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
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.
- APRIL 21, 2004AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2004AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
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.
- OCTOBER 10, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On the occasion of the International Day Against Death...
On the occasion of the International Day Against Death Penalty, the Albanian Committee of Helsinki (KSHH) reiterated that capital punishment was not and could not be a determinative factor in crime prevention and appealed to public opinion to say "Stop" t
- AUGUST 18, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
"Some people have said that the death penalty should...
"Some people have said that the death penalty should be reintroduced," said Nard Ndoka, leader of the Assembly group of the Democrat Party during an interview on Albanian radio
- APRIL 24, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In September 2002 the Albanian government took the...
In September 2002 the Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Albania took place in 1995
The last execution in Albania took place in 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Code envisages the death penalty for seven...
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 ot
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal...
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