Benin
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 · The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
- News items in the archive
- 47
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Benin 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 47 news items on Benin, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 14, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN SUPREME COURT SAYS POLICEMAN TO DIE BY HANGING
the Supreme Court Of Benin affirmed the death sentence of a police sergeant for unlawfully murdering a man the sergeant claimed he was trying to arrest.
- JANUARY 1, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
- MAY 29, 2006BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN. GOVERNMENT OPTS TO MAINTAIN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
it was reported that capital punishment would not be abolished in Benin. The decision was made by the government and a large number of parliamentarians during the week, holding it necessary to retain the death penalty in order to avoid turning the country
- JANUARY 1, 2006BeninDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
- JANUARY 1, 2005BeninDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
- APRIL 11, 2004BeninDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
- JANUARY 1, 2003BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- JANUARY 1, 2003BeninDEATH PENALTY
The last reported executions were carried out in 1993...
The last reported executions were carried out in 1993 when seven people were put to death
- JANUARY 1, 2003BeninDEATH PENALTY
The penal code maintains the death penalty
The penal code maintains the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003BeninDEATH PENALTY
A wide range of capital offences including: murder,...
A wide range of capital offences including: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- MAY 3, 2002BeninDEATH PENALTY
Benin issued a strong warning to practitioners of female...
Benin issued a strong warning to practitioners of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country to stop the practice immediately
- JANUARY 1, 2002BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- JULY 4, 2001BeninDEATH PENALTY
Government officials said that they had decided to...
Government officials said that they had decided to replace the colonial criminal code with a new law, PANA news agency reported
- JANUARY 1, 2001BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- JANUARY 1, 2000BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999BeninDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, a businesswoman from the Republic of...
On November 4, a businesswoman from the Republic of Benin, Helen Ayoromi, 30, was sentenced to death by the High Court of Thailand
- JANUARY 1, 1999BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance