Ecuador
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 Republic of Ecuador (1979,...
- News items in the archive
- 34
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Ecuador 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 Ecuador, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2019EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2018EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2017EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2016EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2015EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2014EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2013EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2012EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2011EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2010EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- APRIL 6, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
ECUADOR SEEKS RETURN OF FLORIDA DEATH ROW INMATE
Ecuador's government is asking for the return of Nelson Serrano on Florida's death row. He was sentenced to death in 2007 for killing four people in a Polk County factory in 1997.
- APRIL 6, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ecuador/Florida. Ecuador is demanding the return of one of their citizens, Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz, from Florida’s death row
USA - Ecuador/Florida. Ecuador is demanding the return of one of their citizens, Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz, from Florida’s death row
- JANUARY 30, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
ECUADOR: US MUST RETURN ITS CITIZEN ON DEATH ROW
Ecuador's government hired a lawyer to appeal the sentences against a citizen on Florida's death row and Interior Minister Fernando Bustamante called again for the US to return the man to the South American country
- JANUARY 1, 2009EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2008EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- DECEMBER 18, 2007EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Ecuador voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JUNE 26, 2007EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
ECUADOR CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF ECUADORIAN'S DEATH SENTENCE IN U.S.
Ecuador condemned the death sentence handed down to Ecuadorian citizen Nelson Ivan Serrano Saenz in the United States for the murder of four people.
- JANUARY 1, 2007EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- JANUARY 1, 2006EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- APRIL 20, 2005EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- APRIL 21, 2004EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states:
- APRIL 24, 2003EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Ecuador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
- APRIL 25, 2002EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
- APRIL 25, 2001EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art