Dominican Republic
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 Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
- News items in the archive
- 34
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Dominican Republic 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 34 news items on Dominican Republic, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2000Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
- AUGUST 17, 1999Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
On August 17, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez,...
On August 17, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, manifested his opposition to the implementation of death sentence in the country
- APRIL 28, 1999Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Dominican Republic was a cosponsor of the resolution...
The Dominican Republic 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, 1999Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art