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.
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- JANUARY 18, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree...
Karabakh's president Arkadiy Ghoukassian signed a decree granting amnesty to 16 prisoners following a petition
- JANUARY 11, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Several thousand Kurds held a rally in downtown Yerevan...
Several thousand Kurds held a rally in downtown Yerevan in protest against the capital punishment imposed on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 1, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
International observers think that death sentences...
International observers think that death sentences handed out in Armenia are unlikely to be carried out
- JANUARY 1, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
There are 31 capital offenses
There are 31 capital offenses
- NOVEMBER 12, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
On November 12, Ambassador at the UN Movses Abelian...
On November 12, Ambassador at the UN Movses Abelian said during a meeting of cosponsors of the resolution that if the first amendment presented by Egypt (A/C
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, speaking on item 116a, question of...
On November 11, speaking on item 116a, question of human rights, at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, Anna Aghadjanian of the Armenian mission said, "Being ourselves of abolitionist position, we do believe, however, that no society should be de
- APRIL 28, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Armenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
There are 31 capital offenses
There are 31 capital offenses
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions stated that allegations have been received concerning law enforcement personnel who have used physical or other means of duress to obtain confessions in cases where the offense carri
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia cosponsored the resolution for a moratorium...
Armenia cosponsored the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C