Bosnia & Herzegovina
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
- JULY 1, 1998 · In July 1998, the Federation adopted a new criminal...
- News items in the archive
- 45
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Bosnia & Herzegovina 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 45 news items on Bosnia & Herzegovina, from 1998 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
NOVEMBER 7, 2019Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTYBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ABOLISHES DEATH SENTENCE IN REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) abolished death sentence in Republika Srpska (RS) entity.
- JANUARY 1, 2019Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2018Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2017Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2016Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2015Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2014Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2013Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
FEBRUARY 7, 2012Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTYBOSNIA: EUROPEAN COURT HALTS SYRIA DEPORTATION
the European Court of Human Rights decided to block Bosnia’s deportation of a Syrian
- JANUARY 1, 2012Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2011Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2010Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2009Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- JANUARY 1, 2008Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted in favour of the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted in favour of the...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
- APRIL 20, 2005Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Bosnia Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
With the ratification on July 29, 2003 of the Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances, Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to unconditionally abolish capital punishment.
- JUNE 16, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts found the remains of 16 people believed...
Forensic experts found the remains of 16 people believed to be victims of the Srebrenica massacre in a mass grave identified by a Bosnian Serb commission
- MAY 8, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern...
Forensic experts uncovered a new mass grave in eastern Bosnia suspected to contain over 70 bodies of Muslim civilians including many women and children
- APRIL 21, 2004Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia-Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution...
Bosnia-Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from...
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from a mass grave in eastern Bosnia which is considered to be the largest from the country's 1992-95 war
- JULY 1, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Forensic experts exhumed 12 bodies from a mass grave...
Forensic experts exhumed 12 bodies from a mass grave believed to contain the remains of Bosnian Muslims summarily executed in the beginning of last decade's war
- APRIL 24, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution...
Bosnia and Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
The Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not provide for the death penalty but the Criminal Code does
- JANUARY 1, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed but not yet ratified...
Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- MAY 3, 2002Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed Protocol 13 to the European...
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former...
The International Tribunal for Crimes in the former Yugoslavia indicted former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for genocide