Mauritius
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 · Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the...
- News items in the archive
- 34
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Mauritius 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 34 news items on Mauritius, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MARCH 26, 2000MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
March 26, 2
March 26, 2
- JANUARY 1, 2000MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the last death sentence was passed, and the last execution took place in 1987
- APRIL 28, 1999MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the...
Mauritius was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995, when the last death sentence was passed, and the last execution took place in 1987