Croatia
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 · The Croatian Constitution at Art
- News items in the archive
- 42
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Croatia 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 42 news items on Croatia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JUNE 20, 2002CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The government initiated the signing of Protocol 13...
The government initiated the signing of Protocol 13 on the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, alongside the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms
- APRIL 25, 2002CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Croatia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Croatian Constitution at Art
The Croatian Constitution at Art
- APRIL 25, 2001CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Croatian Constitution at Art
The Croatian Constitution at Art
- DECEMBER 12, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- APRIL 17, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatian President Stipe Mesic said that the Hague...
Croatian President Stipe Mesic said that the Hague war crimes tribunal would not have had to investigate claims of war crimes in Croatia, if state mechanisms had functioned properly under his predecessor, the late President Franjo Tudjman
- APRIL 14, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
A retired Croatian Army colonel, Martin Jendrasic,...
A retired Croatian Army colonel, Martin Jendrasic, said that in autumn 1991 the Croatian military police were hunting down Serbs throughout the town of Gospic and taking them to execution grounds where they were executed by firing squads
- JANUARY 1, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Croatia cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Croatian Constitution at Art
The Croatian Constitution at Art
- APRIL 28, 1999CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Croatia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Croatian Constitution at Art
The Croatian Constitution at Art