Namibia
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 · Namibia was a cosponsor of the resolution for a moratorium...
- News items in the archive
- 38
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Namibia 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 38 news items on Namibia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call...
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- JANUARY 1, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
- AUGUST 31, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in...
The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in its Human Rights 2000 report that the human rights situation in Namibia had deteriorated over the last year
- JUNE 8, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Felizberto Toto, 35, was summarily executed by NDF...
Felizberto Toto, 35, was summarily executed by NDF soldiers because he was believed to be a member of the Angolan rebel group Unita
- MARCH 29, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Namibian army and Police were accused by the United...
The Namibian army and Police were accused by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after it submitted the names of 50 Angolan refugees who went missing after they arrived in Namibia and accused Namibian authorities of complicity in the
- JANUARY 1, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Namibia was a cosponsor of the resolution for a moratorium...
Namibia was a cosponsor of the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art