El Salvador
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- 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 El Salvador (1983)...
- News items in the archive
- 33
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
El Salvador is classified as Abolitionist for ordinary crimes 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 33 news items on El Salvador, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2019El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2018El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2017El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2016El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2015El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2014El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2013El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2012El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2011El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2010El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2009El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2008El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- DECEMBER 18, 2007El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
El Salvador voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2006El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- APRIL 20, 2005El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- APRIL 21, 2004El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
- APRIL 24, 2003El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2002El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
- APRIL 25, 2001El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
- APRIL 26, 2000El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador cosponsored and voted in favour of the...
El Salvador cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador (1983)...
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador (1983) at Art
- APRIL 28, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the...
El Salvador was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 17, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing...
On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing the lives of the two Salvadorans sentenced to death for terrorism in Cuba
- APRIL 1, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
On April 1, a second Salvadoran man, Otto Rene Rodriguez...
On April 1, a second Salvadoran man, Otto Rene Rodriguez Llerena, was sentenced to death for a series of bombings and bombing attempts in Cuba