Cameroon
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
- News items in the archive
- 50
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Cameroon is classified as Abolitionist de facto 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 50 news items on Cameroon, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Since the early 1990s, death sentences handed down...
Since the early 1990s, death sentences handed down by courts in Cameroon have not been carried out
- JANUARY 1, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon has signed but not yet ratified the statute...
Cameroon has signed but not yet ratified the statute of the International Criminal Court, the United Nations' permanent war crimes tribunal
- JANUARY 1, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon maintains the death penalty for ordinary crimes
Cameroon maintains the death penalty for ordinary crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- APRIL 25, 2002CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Cameroon abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- APRIL 25, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon abstained from the resolution on the death...
Cameroon abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25 , 2001 (2001/68)
- MARCH 21, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation...
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation into the case of nine young men who were picked up by security forces in January in the port city of Douala and subsequently disappeared
- MARCH 2, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 5, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed grave concerns about...
Amnesty International expressed grave concerns about the discovery of a mass grave with more than 36 bodies close to the Douala international airport in Cameroon
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon,...
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon, apparently caught up in a controversial crackdown on crime
- AUGUST 30, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT)...
Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) released a report accusing a special military squad called Operational Command for killing around 50 people in the city of Douala between May and July during a crackdown on criminals
- JANUARY 1, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- NOVEMBER 5, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
On November 5, the UN Committee for Human Rights criticized...
On November 5, the UN Committee for Human Rights criticized Cameroon for extrajudicial executions and the application of the death penalty
- OCTOBER 5, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
On October 5, a military tribunal in Cameroon rejected...
On October 5, a military tribunal in Cameroon rejected a prosecution request for the death penalty against 5 of the 87 defendants in a mass trial in connection with pre-election attacks in 1997 which the government blamed on separatist terrorists
- APRIL 1, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
In April, the Government had charged the 87 defendants...
In April, the Government had charged the 87 defendants with secession and undermining state security
- JANUARY 1, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are...
Premeditated murder, aggravated theft and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
Cameroon was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C