Armenia
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 · There are 31 capital offenses
- News items in the archive
- 130
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Armenia 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 130 news items on Armenia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JULY 11, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
In the new Criminal Code of Armenia, adopted by the...
In the new Criminal Code of Armenia, adopted by the National Assembly at the first reading, the death penalty has been abolished
- JULY 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan
- JUNE 24, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer categorically ruled out the possibility of allowing the death penalty to be imposed on those responsible for the Armenian parliamentary shootings saying that abolition of the death penalty was non-negot
- MAY 22, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October...
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999, was a premeditated coup d'etat, a victim, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for State and Legal Affairs Victor Dallakian stated at a court hearing on the case
- MAY 16, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with...
The Council of Europe does not make compromises with anyone on the abolition of the death penalty, the head of the Council of Europe's monitoring group, Pietro Ercole Ago, said at a press conference in Yerevan
- MAY 10, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach...
Armenia should exercise maximum caution in its approach to the issue of abolishing the death penalty, the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan told reporters at the National Press Club
- MAY 3, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign...
The chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations, the head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Hovhanness Hovhannissian said that Armenia will sign the 13th protocol of the European convention on general human rights and freedom only after
- APRIL 25, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 20, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian Parliament ratified the International...
The Armenian Parliament ratified the International Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms and the 1st, 4th and the 7th protocols following it
- MARCH 14, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The human rights commission set up by the Armenian...
The human rights commission set up by the Armenian president endorsed a report on the human rights situation in Armenia in 2001
- MARCH 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Gagik Tadevosyan, the chairman of the commission on...
Gagik Tadevosyan, the chairman of the commission on health, social security and ecology of the National Assembly of Armenia, said that there is a lot of discussion on banning the death penalty related to Armenia's entrance to the Council of Europe
- MARCH 6, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Italian ambassador to Armenia, Paolo Andrea Trabalza,...
The Italian ambassador to Armenia, Paolo Andrea Trabalza, asked in an interview with the Armenian newspaper Azg to what extent Armenia meets its commitments to the Council of Europe, said: "Concerning the governing of the country I should say that Armeni
- MARCH 2, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Self-Determination Union party favours abolishing...
The Self-Determination Union party favours abolishing the death penalty in Armenia, the party's leader, Paruyr Hayrikyan, said at a meeting of the heads of the party's regional branches
- MARCH 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia [RAPA] said...
The Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia [RAPA] said it would support the abolition of the death penalty in the republic on condition that an exception will be done for the criminals who committed the terrorist act in the Armenian parliament on October 27,
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by...
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by life imprisonment, Arthur Bagdasaryan, Orinats Erkir (Legal state) parliamentary faction leader told the national press-club
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
612 military men were convicted in Armenia in 2001,...
612 military men were convicted in Armenia in 2001, of whom 20% were officers
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian National Assembly is to ratify the European...
The Armenian National Assembly is to ratify the European Convention on Human Rights and the provision of its sixth protocol to unconditionally abolish capital punishment, as the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided that all member-count
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
It is necessary to keep the death penalty as the capital...
It is necessary to keep the death penalty as the capital punishment for grave crimes, the leader of People's Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchian stated in the interview with the radio station Freedom, touching upon the problem of the abolition of the capit
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun...
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun Party, said that the issue of the death penalty is not a problem that must be settled only by parliament
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan...
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan discussed the death penalty with Italy's Ambassador to Armenia Paolo Andrea Trabalza
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Various parliamentary factions stated their support...
Various parliamentary factions stated their support for the abolition of the death penalty at a parliamentary briefing, however all said that an exception must be made for the terrorists accused of the October 27, 1999 attack on the Armenian Parliament
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition...
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition of capital punishment premature in a country where top-ranking officials recently fell victim to terror
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly...
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Gagik Aslanyan is against abolition of capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face...
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
There are currently 38 people on death row in Armenia
There are currently 38 people on death row in Armenia
- JANUARY 29, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted...
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted to the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, established that the country made definite progress in meeting its commitments to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 29, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted...
The final version of the report on Armenia, submitted to the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, established that the country made definite progress in meeting its commitments to the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 17, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch harshly criticized the human rights...
Human Rights Watch harshly criticized the human rights situation in Armenia, saying that the country's authorities practically do not take any measures to improve it
- JANUARY 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 17 of the 1995 Armenian Constitution retains the...
Art. 17 of the 1995 Armenian Constitution retains the death penalty: "Everyone has the right to life. The death penalty, until its complete abolition as an exceptional measure of punishment, can be stipulated by law solely for the most serious crimes
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly...
Armenian MP and member of the PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] monitoring commission, Armen Rustamyan, noted that the country's president himself guaranteed resolution of the problem regarding the abolishment of capital punishment