Eswatini
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution...
- News items in the archive
- 55
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Eswatini is classified as Abolitionist de facto 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 55 news items on Eswatini, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2019EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2018EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2017EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2016EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- AUGUST 7, 2015EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
King Mswati III spared the lives of two death row prisoners commuting their sentences into life imprisonment.
King Mswati III spared the lives of two death row prisoners commuting their sentences into life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 1, 2015EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2014EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
JANUARY 19, 2013EswatiniDEATH PENALTYSWAZILAND: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO APPOINT HANGMAN
King Mswati III's Swaziland government is in search of a hangman so prisoners presently on death row
- JANUARY 1, 2013EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
NOVEMBER 21, 2012EswatiniDEATH PENALTYSWAZILAND: CONSTITUTION SAVES MAN FROM DEATH SENTENCE
Swaziland’s Constitution saved a 27-year-old man from getting a death sentence for
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012EswatiniDEATH PENALTYSWAZILAND: FURY AT AMOS MBEDZI SENTENCE
Amos Mbedzi was spared the death penalty by Swaziland High Court Judge Bheki Maphalala
- JANUARY 1, 2012EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- DECEMBER 15, 2011EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND ADVISED TO REPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
Swaziland is one of the countries that have been urged to consider repealing the death sentence
- APRIL 1, 2011EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND: SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO HANG
Convicted Swazi serial killer David Simelane was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted last week for the death of 28 people, mostly women and children.
- JANUARY 1, 2011EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2010EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2009EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 1, 2008EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland abstained on the Resolution...
Swaziland abstained on the Resolution...
- JANUARY 1, 2007EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- JANUARY 17, 2006EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND. TEACHERS ASSOCIATION DEMANDS RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY
the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) called for the return of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2006EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975...
- DECEMBER 29, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND. TWELVE OPPOSITION MEMBERS CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON IN SWAZILAND
twelve opposition members in Swaziland were charged with high treason and could face the death penalty in connection with a spate of petrol-bomb attacks in the small southern African kingdom.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND. BILL PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HIV+ RAPISTS
according to the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Bill of 2005, presently a draft, rapists found to have infected their victims with HIV and AIDS would face death as the maximum sentence upon conviction by courts in Swaziland.
- APRIL 20, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
- APRIL 21, 2004EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death...
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
- APRIL 24, 2003EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death...
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva