Central African Republic
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 · Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
- News items in the archive
- 44
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Central African Republic 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 44 news items on Central African Republic, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- AUGUST 24, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Central African Republic sentenced former...
A court in the Central African Republic sentenced former military ruler Andre Kolingba and 21 others to death in absentia for their part in an attempted coup last year
- AUGUST 23, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Central African Republic's state prosecutor, Joseph...
The Central African Republic's state prosecutor, Joseph Bindoumi, called for the death penalty for former military ruler Andre Kolingba, three of his children and 19 other associates tried in absentia over a failed coup last year
- JULY 16, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians...
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians and soldiers following a mutiny in Kisangani in northeastern Congo, far more than the rebels have acknowledged, a UN official said
- MARCH 15, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Idris Deby, Chad's president, is circulating a video...
Idris Deby, Chad's president, is circulating a video of eight Chadians arrested in the north of the Central African Republic, who were taken to Bangui and allegedly tortured
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting...
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting a coup in the impoverished Central African Republic in May 2001 opened in the capital Bangui
- JANUARY 1, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- APRIL 27, 2001Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Central African Criminal Court sentenced to death...
The Central African Criminal Court sentenced to death Ngoakossi Juvenal, a private detective, and Mafouta Jeannot, a former senior corporal in the army, for the killing and carjacking of the Libyan Ambassador in August 2000
- JANUARY 15, 2001Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the U
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the U
- JANUARY 1, 2001Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JULY 6, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed concern at the "alarming increase" in reports of extrajudicial killings and summary executions in the Central African Republic
- MAY 1, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
In May 2000 alone, a special anti-crime police squad...
In May 2000 alone, a special anti-crime police squad reportedly executed eight alleged armed robbery suspects without due process
- JANUARY 1, 2000Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 1999Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses