Belize
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 41
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Belize is classified as Abolitionist de facto 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 41 news items on Belize, from 1999 to today.
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MARCH 22, 2022BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: POSTHUMOUS PARDON PROPOSED FOR NORA PARHAM WHO WAS HANGED OVER 50 YEARS AGO
On 8 March 2022, International Women's Day, Belize’s Cabinet announced that after discussion, Cabinet gave its full support for the proposal from Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, for Nora Parham to be granted a posthumous pardon s
- JANUARY 1, 2020BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2019BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
APRIL 5, 2018BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: ALL PRISONERS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE TO BE RE-SENTENCED
At least 44 prisoners currently serving life sentences in Belize will be re-sentenced following an important judgment by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
- JANUARY 1, 2018BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2017BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2016BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
JULY 14, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE QUASHED
Glenford Baptist, 44, has a new lease on life after being told this morning that his sentence of death by hanging will be commuted.
- JANUARY 1, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2014BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2012BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JULY 28, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
the Government of Belize has announced the withdrawal
the Government of Belize has announced the withdrawal
- JULY 21, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
in light of the critical nature of the situation
in light of the critical nature of the situation
- MAY 13, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
the Government of Belize has presented
the Government of Belize has presented
- JANUARY 1, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2010BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2009BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2008BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Belize voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Belize voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
BELIZE JUDGE PRAISES UGANDA ON DEATH PENALTY
the chief justice of Belize hailed Uganda’s Constitutional Court for declaring mandatory death penalty as unconstitutional. “This is a bold, courageous, ground-breaking and forward-looking decision,” said Justice Abdulai Conteh.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: REPLACE DEATH PENALTY, SAYS AMERICAN JUDGE
a visiting American judge wants Ugandan judges to substitute the death penalty with lighter sentences for convicted capital offenders.
- JANUARY 1, 2007BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2006BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2005BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- APRIL 11, 2004BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2003BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
- OCTOBER 23, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Attorney-General Godfrey Smith has defended Belize's...
Attorney-General Godfrey Smith has defended Belize's position on the death penalty before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- OCTOBER 5, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002BelizeDEATH PENALTY
In a claim to be 'addressing' the issue of violent...
In a claim to be 'addressing' the issue of violent crime via the resumption of executions, the Prime Minister of Belize, Said Musa, brought before the House of Representatives the Belize Constitution Amendment Bill 2002