Liechtenstein
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1998
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- DECEMBER 10, 1998 · On December 10, 1998 Liechtenstein ratified the Second...
- News items in the archive
- 36
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Liechtenstein 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 36 news items on Liechtenstein, from 1998 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2000LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January...
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January 1, 1989
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Counselor Christian Wenaweser, speaking...
On November 8, Counselor Christian Wenaweser, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, said the abolition of the penalty would contribute to the progressive development of human rights
- APRIL 28, 1999LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
Liechtenstein was a cosponsor of the resolution on...
Liechtenstein 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, 1999LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was in 1788
The last execution was in 1788
- JANUARY 1, 1999LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January...
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes on January 1, 1989
- DECEMBER 10, 1998LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 1998 Liechtenstein ratified the Second...
On December 10, 1998 Liechtenstein ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights