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 13, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian government took the decision to approve...
The Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Defence of Human Rights and Essential Freedoms, which would abolish the death penalty under all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2002AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999...
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999 as the Constitutional Court considered it to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998
- APRIL 25, 2001AlbaniaDEATH 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 on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999...
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999 as the Constitutional Court considered it to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998
- AUGUST 5, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the...
The Albanian Republican Party (RP) stated that "the organs of order and justice are not able to combat crime because they do not posses the basic element to confine crime; the death sentence"
- JULY 13, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of...
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights which sees the end of capital punishment in the country
- JULY 13, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of...
Albania's National Assembly ratified Protocol 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights which sees the end of capital punishment in the country
- JUNE 23, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Ministers adopted the draft-law "On...
The Council of Ministers adopted the draft-law "On some changes in the military penal code
- JUNE 13, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian government approved the draft-law
The Albanian government approved the draft-law "On ratifying Protocol VI of the European Human Rights Convention
- MAY 30, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The new CE Special Representative to Albania, Jorgen...
The new CE Special Representative to Albania, Jorgen Grunnet, said that the abolition of the death sentence in Albania was de facto in force, although not yet ratified by the Albanian Parliament
- MAY 27, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Sole Tura, a member of the Monitoring Commission of...
Sole Tura, a member of the Monitoring Commission of the Council of Europe on a visit to Albania, said that many changes have taken place in Albania since his last visit
- MAY 26, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Parliament's Deputy Speaker Namik Dokle...
The Albanian Parliament's Deputy Speaker Namik Dokle speaking at a meeting with the delegation of the CE's Monitoring Commission said that the removal of the capital punishment constituted an obligation towards the Council of Europe
- APRIL 26, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Albania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26
- APRIL 4, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Ilir Meta signed Protocol 6 on the death...
Prime Minister Ilir Meta signed Protocol 6 on the death penalty in Strasbourg confirming that his country has abolished capital punishment
- MARCH 31, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Secretary General of the CE Hans Christian...
The Deputy Secretary General of the CE Hans Christian Kruger, during a visit to Albania, said that the implementation of the death sentence has no effect on criminals, and it is erroneous to believe that it does
- MARCH 31, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albanian President Rexhep Meidani said that with the...
Albanian President Rexhep Meidani said that with the new constitution the chapter on capital punishment in Albania was closed
- MARCH 27, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
At the Commission on Human Rights, the Minister for...
At the Commission on Human Rights, the Minister for Foreign affairs Milo, said that, in passing from the phase of emergency to that of longterm development, Albania had been making perceptible progress in implementing human rights by establishing the rul
- MARCH 2, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian Council of Ministers adopted in principle...
The Albanian Council of Ministers adopted in principle Protocol 6 of the Convention on the Defence of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Albanian People's Assembly adopted the agreement...
The Albanian People's Assembly adopted the agreement signed in Bern on February 29, 2000 between the Albanian Government and the Swiss Federal Council
- JANUARY 31, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe (CE) authorities welcomed the decision...
Council of Europe (CE) authorities welcomed the decision of the Albanian Constitutional Court to abrogate the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2000AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999...
The death penalty was abolished on December 10, 1999 as the Constitutional Court considered it to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998
- DECEMBER 10, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court,...
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court, Fehmi Abdiu, declared that: ?All articles of the penal code in peacetime that provide the death penalty are unconstitutional
- DECEMBER 10, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court,...
On December 10, the head of the Constitutional Court, Fehmi Abdiu, declared that: "all articles of the penal code in peacetime that provide the death penalty are unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In November, the Constitutional Court began to examine...
In November, the Constitutional Court began to examine the legitimacy of the death penalty, after a capital sentence was pronounced by the Court of Appeal of Saranda on Flamur Rokajit convicted of murder
- JULY 1, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In July, a political debate on the question of the...
In July, a political debate on the question of the death penalty was generated by the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the ratification of Protocol No
- JANUARY 18, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
On January 18, the Bureau of the Council of Europe...
On January 18, the Bureau of the Council of Europe issued a statement in Paris reminding Albania of its commitments as a Member State of the Council to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Albania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (no