Lithuania
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 1, 1998 · In December 1998, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court...
- News items in the archive
- 54
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Lithuania 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 54 news items on Lithuania, from 1998 to today.
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- JUNE 2, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.N. Body Condemns Torture of Guantánamo Prisoner Awaiting Capital Trial
Together with United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Thailand
- JANUARY 1, 2020LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2019LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2018LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2017LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2016LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2015LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2014LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2013LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2012LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2011LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2010LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2009LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- JANUARY 1, 2008LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Lithuania voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
- JANUARY 1, 2006LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
- APRIL 20, 2005LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
- APRIL 21, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional.
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- JANUARY 29, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of...
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Neris Germanas, submitted the ratification writs of the Protocol No
- JULY 3, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
- MAY 22, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament gave initial backing to ratification...
The Lithuanian parliament gave initial backing to ratification of Protocol No
- APRIL 24, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
A legal moratorium on executions was established in...
A legal moratorium on executions was established in 1996, following a presidential decree
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to...
Lithuania has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
At the time of abolition in 1998, nine prisoners were...
At the time of abolition in 1998, nine prisoners were thought to be on death row