Morocco
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 · Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
- News items in the archive
- 131
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Morocco 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 131 news items on Morocco, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 8, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered...
A leading human rights group said human rights suffered a setback in Morocco this year and demanded an independent inquiry into the disappearance of political opponents in the 1960s and 1970s
- OCTOBER 25, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal of Oujda sentenced a serial killer,...
The Court of Appeal of Oujda sentenced a serial killer, found guilty of murdering three people, to capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2001MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death penalty for aggravated murder, torture, armed robbery, arson, treason, desertion and attempt on the King's life. The penalty is subjected to pardon which remains the constitutional prerogative of the S
- APRIL 26, 2000MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco abstained from the resolution on the death...
Morocco abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 17, 2000MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardoned 864 prisoners,...
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardoned 864 prisoners, including three sentenced to death, during the Muslim festival of Aid El Kebir celebrations
- JANUARY 6, 2000MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Moroccan Watchdog for Prisons (OMP) stated that...
The Moroccan Watchdog for Prisons (OMP) stated that Moroccan prisons are overpopulated, with malnutrition and inadequacy of medical care being the causes of infectious and mental diseases, as well as the rising number of suicides and deaths
- JANUARY 1, 2000MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death penalty for aggravated murder, torture, armed robbery, arson, treason, desertion and attempt on the King's life. The penalty is subjected to pardon which remains the constitutional prerogative of the S
- JUNE 18, 1999MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
On June 18, Italian Interior Minister Rosa Russo Jervolino...
On June 18, Italian Interior Minister Rosa Russo Jervolino and her counterpart of the Kingdom of Morocco, Driss Basri, signed an agreement enforcing the accord between the two countries concerning the accompaniment of foreign citizens in illegal situation
- APRIL 28, 1999MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco abstained from the resolution on the death...
Morocco abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 25, 1999MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
On January 25, the independent Moroccan Human Rights...
On January 25, the independent Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) urged the authorities to abolish the death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 1999MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death...
Art. 16 of the Moroccan penal code provides the death penalty for aggravated murder, torture, armed robbery, arson, treason, desertion and attempt on the King's life. The penalty is subjected to pardon which remains the constitutional prerogative of the S