Brazil
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil...
- News items in the archive
- 56
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Brazil is classified as Abolitionist for ordinary crimes 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 56 news items on Brazil, from 1999 to today.
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- JANUARY 1, 2020BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2019BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2018BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2017BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2016BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2015BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2014BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2013BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2012BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2011BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2010BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZILIANS REMAIN OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY
55.2 per cent of the people in Brazil are against the death penalty...
- JANUARY 1, 2010BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2009BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- APRIL 6, 2008BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZIL SURVEY: SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY DROPS
support for the death penalty in Brazil has dropped from a year ago, as a wave of violent crime subsided, according to a poll published.
- JANUARY 1, 2008BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- DECEMBER 18, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Brazil voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007ArgentinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY-LATIN AMERICA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN MORATORIUM
many Latin American governments have not yet adopted a position, or have not communicated one, but the majority trend in the region appears to be to support the UN resolution for a Moratorium on the death penalty.
- JULY 9, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS LULA FOR CO-SPONSORING THE RESOLUTION
'We thank the Brazilian Government of President Lula for its decision to be a co-sponsor of the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment that the EU intends
- MARCH 14, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZIL SEEKS GLOBAL ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the global abolition of the death penalty could be achieved through the United Nations, according to the Brazilian Government's proposal to the UN Human Rights Council.
- JANUARY 1, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- JANUARY 1, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
D'ALEMA MEETS LULA IN BRASIL: UN MORATORIUM A BATTLE THAT CONTINUES
The fight for the UN moratorium against the death penalty "is an ongoing one," said Massimo D'Alema, Foriegn Minister on Tg 1. D’Alema is in Brasil for talks with re-elected president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- MAY 19, 2006BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZIL. POLICE SUMMARILY EXECUTE GANG SUSPECTS
human rights groups voiced concern over summary executions as Brazilian police pressed on with a counter-attack against the First Capital Command, a powerful Sao Paulo gang, in a street war that had claimed at least 170 lives.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2006BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. NO MERCY FOR BRAZILIAN DEATH ROW DRUG CONVICT IN INDONESIA
Indonesia's president rejected an appeal for clemency from Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian man sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2006BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
BRAZIL. POLICE 'EXECUTE THOUSANDS', BBC INVESTIGATION
hundreds, possibly thousands of people are shot by police every year in Brazil, a BBC investigation found.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RAPS BRAZIL FOR TORTURE, KILLINGS
the UN Human Rights Committee urged Brazil to stamp out extra-judicial killings and the use of torture and other alleged abuses by law enforcement officials.
- APRIL 20, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- MARCH 19, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SEEKING CLEMENCY FOR DRUG SMUGGLER
Brazil's President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was to make a special appeal to Indonesia for clemency for Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian national condemned to death for drug smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
an Indonesian court sentenced two foreigners, a Brazilian and an Indian, to death for drug trafficking
an Indonesian court sentenced two foreigners, a Brazilian and an Indian, to death for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 1, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil said