Chad
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: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
- News items in the archive
- 54
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Chad 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 54 news items on Chad, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JULY 15, 2020ChadDEATH PENALTY
CHAD: DEATH PENALTY COMPLETELY ABOLISHED
Chadian President Idriss Déby on 20 May 2020 promulgated the country's anti-terrorism law, which does not provide for the death penalty for acts of terror.
- APRIL 29, 2020ChadDEATH PENALTY
CHAD: PARLIAMENT OUTLAWS DEATH PENALTY FOR ACTS OF TERROR
Chad on 28 April 2020 abolished the death penalty for terrorist activities, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP.
- JANUARY 1, 2020ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, new penal code entered into force
In Chad, new penal code entered into force
- JANUARY 1, 2019ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, new penal code entered into force
In Chad, new penal code entered into force
- JANUARY 1, 2018ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, new penal code entered into force
In Chad, new penal code entered into force
- JANUARY 1, 2017ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
- DECEMBER 11, 2016ChadDEATH PENALTY
CHAD: PARLIAMENT ABROGATES THE DEATH PENALTY
The parliament of Chad adopted a reform of its penal code which raises the legal marriage age from 16 to 18 and abrogates the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2016ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
- AUGUST 29, 2015ChadDEATH PENALTY
CHAD: 10 BOKO HARAM MEMBERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Chad has executed 10 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram by firing squad, a day after they were sentenced on terrorism charges, security sources said.
- JULY 30, 2015ChadDEATH PENALTY
the National Assembly passed a stringent anti-terror bill after suffering two deadly Boko Haram attacks in a
the National Assembly passed a stringent anti-terror bill after suffering two deadly Boko Haram attacks in a
- JANUARY 1, 2015ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2014ChadDEATH PENALTY
CHAD: TOWARDS ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY
The Chadian government adopted on September 5 a penal code aimed at abolishing the death penalty, Minister of Communication and government spokesman Hassan Sylla Bakari announced after an inter-ministerial meeting held in N’Djamena.
- JANUARY 1, 2014ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
FEBRUARY 19, 2013ChadDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CHADIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG CRIMES
In Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Interior said Abdulkarim Ibrahim Mousa Abkar, a Chadian national, was executed in Makkah after being found guilty of dealing in cocaine for the second time.
- JANUARY 1, 2013ChadDEATH PENALTY
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
In Chad, capital crimes include aggravated murder and other offenses
- NOVEMBER 22, 2012ChadDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: COMPLETION OF THE RADICAL MISSION IN CHAD
It ended with a meeting with Prime Minister Emmanuel Nadingar, the Chad mission of the radical delegation. The delegation is composed by Marco Panella, Demba Traore, Secretary of the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty, Elisabetta Zampa
- NOVEMBER 22, 2012ChadDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: THE MISSION OF THE RADICAL PARTY IN CHAD CONTINUES
Yesterday was the second day of the mission of Hands Off Cain and the Radical Party in Chad to support the abolitionist process internally and gain the support of the African country to the UN resolution for the universal moratorium on executions.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2012ChadDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: FIRST MEETINGS OF THE RADICAL MISSION IN CHAD TO STRENGTHEN THE UN RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH PENALTY
Were held today the first meetings of the four-day mission of Hands Off Cain and the Radical Party in Chad to support the abolitionist process internally and to gain the support of the African country to the UN resolution for the universal moratorium on e
- JANUARY 1, 2012ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
NOVEMBER 14, 2011ChadDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 2 CHADIANS, SAUDI BEHEADED FOR RAPE
Three men, a Saudi and two Chadians, were executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- JULY 10, 2011ChadDEATH PENALTY
UN URGES SENEGAL NOT TO EXTRADITE EX-CHAD LEADER
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urged Senegal to reconsider its decision to send Chad's former
- JANUARY 1, 2011ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
MAY 30, 2010ChadDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: 18 PEOPLE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
eighteen people including nationals of Nigeria, Chad and Egypt were executed in Libya after being convicted of premeditated murder, Libya's online Qurina news website reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
MAY 10, 2009ChadDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FIVE CONVICTED CRIMINALS EXECUTED IN MADINAH
Five men sentenced to death for crimes including theft, child abduction, rape, and
- JANUARY 1, 2009ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
- AUGUST 15, 2008ChadDEATH PENALTY
EXILED FORMER PRESIDENT GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN CHAD
a Chadian criminal court condemned exiled former president Hissene Habre to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, judicial officials said.
- JANUARY 1, 2008ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Chad voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- APRIL 20, 2007ChadDEATH PENALTY
TWO CHAD NATIONALS PUBLICLY BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
two Chad nationals were publicly beheaded in Riyadh after Saudi Arabian courts found them guilty of kidnapping and robbery, the interior ministry said.