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.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes...
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
- OCTOBER 31, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified an extradition treaty...
The Lithuanian parliament ratified an extradition treaty with China regulating the handing over of persons to another country for criminal amenability or a jail term
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
President Valdas Adamkus approved the abolition of...
President Valdas Adamkus approved the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- AUGUST 28, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 73 per cent of Lithuanians are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- JULY 26, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanians would like the death sentence back in the...
Lithuanians would like the death sentence back in the country
- MAY 3, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Lithuania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- MARCH 21, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said Lithuania...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis said Lithuania was ready to make steps to improve relations with neighbouring Belarus, but it must first see Minsk making such steps, including expanding the powers of its Parliament, improving the human rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe...
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1993 and there have been no executions in the country since 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
An opinion poll held in July, 2002 showed that 73%...
An opinion poll held in July, 2002 showed that 73% of Lithuanians advocate the restoration of capital punishment for grave crimes and only 15% oppose capital punishment for all crimes
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation...
Lithuanian MP Jonas Cekuolis, head of Lithuanian delegation to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly [PACE], said that the Vilnius forum decided to invite Belarusian delegations formed of both government and opposition representatives
- OCTOBER 25, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The German Christian Democratic Konrad Adenauer Fund...
The German Christian Democratic Konrad Adenauer Fund issued a statement saying the organisation had suspended co-operation with the Lithuanian Christian Democrats led by Kazys Bobelis, after its leaders proposed the re-introduction of capital punishment i
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanian public support for the death penalty increased...
Lithuanian public support for the death penalty increased following the September 11 attacks on the United States
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Seven lawmakers in the Lithuanian parliament, in response...
Seven lawmakers in the Lithuanian parliament, in response to tragic developments in US, called for the re-instatement of death penalty and related constitutional changes, and argued that this would not harm the Baltic state's EU bid
- APRIL 25, 2001LithuaniaDEATH 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 on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe...
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1993 and there have been no executions in the country since 1995
- AUGUST 25, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tautos Frontas coalition proposed the reinstatement...
The Tautos Frontas coalition proposed the reinstatement of the death penalty for premeditated murder under special circumstances
- APRIL 27, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Bishops' Conference of Lithuania (the leading body...
The Bishops' Conference of Lithuania (the leading body of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania) issued a pastoral letter on the occasion of the Day of Life, which Catholics celebrate on the last Sunday of April
- JANUARY 1, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Lithuania cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe...
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1993 and there have been no executions in the country since 1995
- DECEMBER 1, 1999LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In December, a poll, by the private EMOR polling firm,...
In December, a poll, by the private EMOR polling firm, showed support for capital punishment in Lithuania as being 63 %
- APRIL 28, 1999LithuaniaDEATH 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 on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 18, 1999LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
On January 18, Lithuania signed Protocol No
On January 18, Lithuania signed Protocol No
- JANUARY 1, 1999LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe...
Lithuania has been a member of the Council of Europe since 1993 and there have been no executions in the country since 1995
- DECEMBER 1, 1998LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In December 1998, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court...
In December 1998, the Lithuanian Constitutional Court held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional