Netherlands
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 · The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
- News items in the archive
- 66
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Netherlands 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 66 news items on Netherlands, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- MARCH 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. MINISTER WANTS TO SEND GAY IRANIAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS BACK
Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk planned to send Iranian homosexual asylum-seekers back home after cancelling a six-month reprieve, a letter to parliament revealed.
- JANUARY 16, 2006NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. TWO FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
Lin Hau Yang and Edy Tang, on death row in Bangkok, had their death sentences for drug convictions confirmed by the Thai high court, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.
- JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
HOLLAND-SWEDEN. GAY EXTRADITIONS TO IRAN BLOCKED
the Netherlands has become the second country to halt extraditions of gays to Iran in the wake of reports two gay teens were hanged after being found found "guilty of homosexuality".
- APRIL 20, 2005NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.
- MAY 31, 2004NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European...
The incoming Netherlands presidency of the European Union will verify Hands Off Cain's forecasts on the outcome of a moratorium resolution at the UN General Assembly and should they be confirmed, prompt a review of the EU's current policy to refrain from
- APRIL 21, 2004NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of...
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art. 114 states: "Capital punishment may not be imposed.
- APRIL 24, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 3, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
Two Dutch citizens of Chinese origin, E
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- JANUARY 27, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 13, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia,...
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, sentenced Ang Kim Sui alias Tomy Wijaya, 50, to death for producing and distributing ecstasy pills
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The last execution dates back to 1952
The last execution dates back to 1952
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Netherlands, has signed but not yet ratified Protocol...
The Netherlands, has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art
- DECEMBER 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced...
Ang Iem Soei, a Dutch citizen of 50, was a sentenced to death by the Tangerang district court in Indonesia for a producing and trafficking millions of ecstasy pills between September 1999 and March 2002
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Nawijn's statements evoked a barrage of criticism from...
Nawijn's statements evoked a barrage of criticism from nearly all parliamentary parties including his own LPF
- NOVEMBER 19, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Immigration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn, a member...
Dutch Immigration Minister Hilbrand Nawijn, a member of the anti-immigration party of murdered populist Pim Fortuyn, sparked outrage after calling for the return of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Philippines Presidential adviser on the peace process...
Philippines Presidential adviser on the peace process Eduardo Ermita said, despite declared a terrorist by the European Union, communist leader Jose Ma
- OCTOBER 10, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch authorities had stopped subsidising the housing...
Dutch authorities had stopped subsidising the housing and health benefits of CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison last September, after the U
- JUNE 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry...
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry into Muslim clerics accused of inciting violence from mosques in Holland
- MAY 9, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 3, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Netherlands signed Protocol 13 to the European...
The Netherlands signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir,...
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party who is wanted in Turkey to answer terrorism accusations
- JANUARY 1, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch law forbids extradition to a country where a...
Dutch law forbids extradition to a country where a person could face the death penalty
- OCTOBER 25, 2001NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after...
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after being accused of involvement in a heroin-smuggling ring
- APRIL 25, 2001NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on...
The Netherlands was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1983) at Art