France
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 · France has been abolitionist since 1981
- News items in the archive
- 161
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
France 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 161 news items on France, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MAY 18, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Three French former prime ministers accused Teheran...
Three French former prime ministers accused Teheran of rigging the trial of the 13 Iranian Jews
- APRIL 26, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
France 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 3, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France re-affirmed that it wanted to see a fair trial...
France re-affirmed that it wanted to see a fair trial for 13 Jews, who could face the death penalty in Iran for spying
- MARCH 2, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners in France denounced Governor...
Human rights campaigners in France denounced Governor George W
- MARCH 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Odell Barnes was executed by lethal injection at Huntsville...
Odell Barnes was executed by lethal injection at Huntsville prison in Texas
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin wrote to US presidential...
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin wrote to US presidential candidate and Texas governor, George W
- FEBRUARY 12, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
About 16,000 Kurds, from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland,...
About 16,000 Kurds, from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Britain demonstrated peacefully in Strasbourg, to demand the release of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan
- JANUARY 1, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
France has been abolitionist since 1981
France has been abolitionist since 1981
- AUGUST 14, 1999FranceDEATH PENALTY
On August 14, there was a poll that indicates the feelings...
On August 14, there was a poll that indicates the feelings of the French about the death penalty
- APRIL 28, 1999FranceDEATH PENALTY
France was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
France 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, 1999FranceDEATH PENALTY
France has been abolitionist since 1981
France has been abolitionist since 1981