Colombia
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 · Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
- News items in the archive
- 50
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Colombia 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 50 news items on Colombia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2019ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2018ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COLOMBIA PROTESTS CHINA'S EXECUTION OF 72-YEAR-OLD DRUG MULE
Colombia's government is protesting China's execution of a retired journalist who was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the Asian country.
- JANUARY 1, 2017ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2016ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2015ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2014ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2013ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2012ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JULY 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COLOMBIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG CHARGES
Colombian national Harold Carillo Sanchez was sentenced to death in China earlier this year for trafficking 6.6 pounds of drugs into Beijing, Caracol Radio reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2011ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2009ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2008ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia co-sponsored and voted in favour...
Colombia co-sponsored and voted in favour...
- JANUARY 1, 2007ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2006ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- APRIL 20, 2005ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- APRIL 21, 2004ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- APRIL 29, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of...
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of Fidel Castro, condemned the death penalty "anywhere and for any reason," in reply to US writer Susan Sontag, who said she was troubled that the Colombian writer had not condemned the April 11 executions i
- APRIL 24, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Colombia 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, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
- OCTOBER 9, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
A full 61 percent of Colombians favour bringing back...
A full 61 percent of Colombians favour bringing back the death penalty as a means of combating violence, a poll revealed
- MAY 28, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombian armed groups killed more than 4,000 noncombatants...
Colombian armed groups killed more than 4,000 noncombatants in 2001 and kidnapped 1,700 others, according to Amnesty International's (AI) annual report
- MAY 14, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the...
As the May 26th presidential elections approach, the situation in the country remains tense
- APRIL 19, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
General Mario Montoya, who commands the Columbian army's...
General Mario Montoya, who commands the Columbian army's 4th Brigade, requested that terrorists should be sentenced to the death penalty
- MARCH 11, 2002ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Latin America in 2001 again garnered the infamous record...
Latin America in 2001 again garnered the infamous record for the highest number of human rights advocates "under threat of death or summary executions," the annual report of human rights organizations stated