Honduras
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 Honduras (1982) at Art
- News items in the archive
- 46
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Honduras 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 46 news items on Honduras, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
- OCTOBER 8, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduran President Ricardo Maduro has received a report...
Honduran President Ricardo Maduro has received a report detailing the executions of 574 children and youths under the age 18 between 1998 and this June, 4 percent of which are said to have been committed by police
- OCTOBER 5, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Human rights organizations urged Honduran President...
Human rights organizations urged Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to take action against those responsible for summary executions of young people, sometimes at the hands of police
- OCTOBER 5, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Honduran government admitted that some police officers...
The Honduran government admitted that some police officers may have been involved in the murder of over 1,000 children and delinquent teenagers, killings that suggest a pattern of clean up in the streets and cover up by their superiors
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Maduro called for a thorough investigation...
President Ricardo Maduro called for a thorough investigation into a police officer's claim that the Security Ministry had summarily executed some 20 suspected criminals
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Honduran attorney general, Roy Medina, admitted...
The Honduran attorney general, Roy Medina, admitted that police had been involved in carrying out summary executions of suspected criminals
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Security Ministry's head of internal affairs, Maria...
The Security Ministry's head of internal affairs, Maria Luisa Borjas, said that police officers had been involved in the summary execution of at least 20 suspected criminals over the last four years
- JUNE 15, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
More and more Hondurans are calling for the return...
More and more Hondurans are calling for the return of the death penalty as one way to stem the crime wave sweeping the country and deter the type of horrific murders that have made headlines in recent weeks
- JANUARY 1, 2002HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
- OCTOBER 6, 2001HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduran Ambassador to the United States Hugo Noe Pino...
Honduran Ambassador to the United States Hugo Noe Pino is travelling to Tegucigalpa to ask for information regarding the case of a Honduran citizen on death row in Texas
- APRIL 25, 2001HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
- APRIL 26, 2000HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Honduras cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras (1982) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras (1982) at Art
- APRIL 28, 1999HondurasDEATH PENALTY
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Honduras was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras (1982) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras (1982) at Art