Cambodia
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 · Cambodia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
- News items in the archive
- 46
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Cambodia 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 46 news items on Cambodia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JULY 2, 2026CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
CAMBODIA MOVES TO PERMANENTLY BLOCK DEATH PENALTY REVIVAL THROUGH UN TREATY RATIFICATION
- JANUARY 1, 2020CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- MARCH 22, 2019CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
CAMBODIA: HUN SEN WANTS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPISTS
Prime Minister Hun Sen on 10 March 2019 said he wants the constitution amended to allow the death sentence for child rapists.
- JANUARY 1, 2019CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2018CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2017CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2016CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2015CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2014CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2013CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2012CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2011CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2010CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2009CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2008CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- DECEMBER 18, 2007CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Cambodia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2006CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2005CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- NOVEMBER 18, 2004CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia asked Thailand to reconsider a death sentence...
Cambodia asked Thailand to reconsider a death sentence handed down to two Cambodian women for drug smuggling
- APRIL 12, 2004CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art. 32 states:
- MARCH 31, 2004CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of...
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of Vietnamese origin, was executed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for belonging to a methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking network
- DECEMBER 11, 2003CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Tran The Trung, 49, a Cambodian citizen of Vietnamese...
Tran The Trung, 49, a Cambodian citizen of Vietnamese origin, was executed by firing squad at dawn at the Thu Duc execution ground in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for drug trafficking
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the...
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment for two Cambodian nationals, according to official sources
- JANUARY 1, 2003CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
- MAY 13, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the...
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh called for the United Nations to return to talks on setting up a genocide tribunal for the leaders of country's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer...
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer Rouge trial after the United Nations pulled out of talks on setting up a special court to try leaders blamed for 1
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations pulled out of a project with Cambodia...
The United Nations pulled out of a project with Cambodia to set up a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for some 1
- JANUARY 1, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
On august 10, 2001, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk...
On august 10, 2001, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk signed into law a bill passed by the country's legislature to establish a U