Burundi
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 · Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason,...
- News items in the archive
- 71
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Burundi 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 71 news items on Burundi, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Following an attack by the National Liberation Forces,...
Following an attack by the National Liberation Forces, a Hutu-armed opposition group, on a military post in the Kamenge area in northern Bujumbura, government soldiers of the Bataillon Para carried out reprisal killings in the Kamenge, Gasenyi, Gituro are
- AUGUST 28, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On August 28, 2000, a peace agreement was signed between...
On August 28, 2000, a peace agreement was signed between the government, major political parties and some armed opposition groups
- MAY 1, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates...
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates who had their appeals exhausted and who could be executed
- APRIL 26, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Burundi abstained from the resolution on the death...
Burundi abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason, spying, attempt on the Chief of State's life and cannibalism
- OCTOBER 29, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On October 29, 36 people, including 22 women, were...
On October 29, 36 people, including 22 women, were summarily executed by armed forces in the province of Bujumbura
- OCTOBER 20, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces...
On October 20, 25 people were executed by armed forces on Busimba Hill, in the province of Muramvya
- JULY 28, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On 28 July, Corporal Bonaventura Ndikumana was reportedly...
On 28 July, Corporal Bonaventura Ndikumana was reportedly executed after being sentenced to death by the Bujumbura Military Court on July 21 for murdering an officer in the Mabanda military camp
- JULY 22, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Burundi signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Burundi signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- MAY 25, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
On May 25, 11 people were summarily executed in Ruziba,...
On May 25, 11 people were summarily executed in Ruziba, in the province of Bujumbura
- JANUARY 1, 1999BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason, spying, attempt on the Chief of State's life and cannibalism