Madagascar
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Offenses against the State are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 34
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Madagascar is classified as Abolitionist de facto 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 34 news items on Madagascar, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 26, 2000MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Madagascar abstained from the resolution on the death...
Madagascar abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
- APRIL 28, 1999MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Madagascar abstained on the resolution on the death...
Madagascar abstained on the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
Offenses against the State are capital crimes