Belgium
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1998
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- DECEMBER 10, 1998 · On December 10, 1998, Belgium ratified Protocol No
- News items in the archive
- 103
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Belgium 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 103 news items on Belgium, from 1998 to today.
Latest news
- AUGUST 26, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal ended her 43-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal ended her 43-day hunger strike after Belgian authorities agreed she could serve her house arrest in a new, secret location, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 18, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after...
Fehriye Erdal resumed her 33-day hunger strike after suspending it for one day
- JUNE 19, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The Belgian Refugees Department Chairmanship rejected...
The Belgian Refugees Department Chairmanship rejected the application of Fehriye Erdal for political asylum
- JUNE 1, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Georges Ruggiu, a Belgian journalist who worked for...
Georges Ruggiu, a Belgian journalist who worked for Radio Television libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) and who pleaded guilty to direct and public incitement to commit genocide and persecution in Rwanda in 1994 received a 12-year jail sentence from a United
- MAY 31, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Demir Sabanci, son of the assassinated Turkish industrialist...
Demir Sabanci, son of the assassinated Turkish industrialist Ozdemir Sabanci, was thinking of filing a lawsuit against the Belgium government in the European Court of Human Rights
- MAY 26, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt announced that...
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt announced that the government would not extradite Fehriye Erdal to Turkey, overruling the Supreme Court's decision
- MAY 12, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Flanders Liberal Party deputy Hugo Coveliers said that...
Flanders Liberal Party deputy Hugo Coveliers said that Fehriye Erdal, 23, a woman wanted for the alleged killing of businessman Ozdemir Sabanci in 1996, should be extradited to Turkey
- APRIL 26, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Belgium cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 1, 2000BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said he is determined...
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said he is determined to take action against suspected Rwandan genocide suspects but will not extradite them because Rwanda continues to impose the death penalty
- DECEMBER 1, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's...
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has officially requested the extradition of Yalcin Ozbey, one of the key figures in the Abdi Ipekci murder, from Belgium
- DECEMBER 1, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's...
In December, according to Cumhuriyet, the Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul has officially requested the extradition of Yalcin Ozbey, one of the key figures in the Abdi Ipekci murder, from Belgium
- APRIL 28, 1999BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Belgium was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- DECEMBER 10, 1998BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 1998, Belgium ratified Protocol No
On December 10, 1998, Belgium ratified Protocol No