Chile
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Penal Code envisages the death penalty for murder...
- News items in the archive
- 38
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Chile is classified as Abolitionist for ordinary crimes 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 38 news items on Chile, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2019ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2018ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2017ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2016ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2015ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2014ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2013ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2012ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2011ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2009ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008ChileDEATH PENALTY
CHILE'S SEN NARANJO CALLS FOR COMPLETE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Socialist Party (PS) Sen Jaime Naranjo Ortiz called on the Chilean government to completely abolish the death penalty and encouraged other countries to ratify the UN resolution against it.
- JANUARY 1, 2008ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Chile voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- JANUARY 1, 2006ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- APRIL 20, 2005ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Chile was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- APRIL 21, 2004ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001.
- APRIL 24, 2003ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- JULY 6, 2002ChileDEATH PENALTY
Around 1,000 people gathered in Santiago in front of...
Around 1,000 people gathered in Santiago in front of the Palace of Justice to protest the court ruling that enabled Augusto Pinochet to avoid trial for allegedly ordering the murder of 75 political opponents in Chile in October 1973
- APRIL 25, 2002ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Chile was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- OCTOBER 16, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
The conservative Independent Democratic Union (UDI)...
The conservative Independent Democratic Union (UDI) congressional leaders Ivan Moreira and Cristian Leay announced that they will present a proposal to reintroduce the death penalty in Chile
- JUNE 1, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed the promulgation by the...
The European Union welcomed the promulgation by the President of Chile, Ricardo Lagos, of a law abolishing the death penalty in time of peace
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished...
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished the death penalty
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001