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.
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- JANUARY 1, 2000EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (1979,...
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (1979, as codified in 1998) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2000EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Ecuador cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 28, 1999EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Ecuador was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (1979,...
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (1979, as codified in 1998) at Art