Peru
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
- News items in the archive
- 48
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Peru is classified as Abolitionist for ordinary crimes 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 48 news items on Peru, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2005PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held.
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held.
- APRIL 21, 2004PeruDEATH PENALTY
Perù was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Perù was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held.
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held.
- APRIL 24, 2003PeruDEATH PENALTY
Perù was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Perù was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- OCTOBER 5, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
Miss Peru, Marina Mora, will use the opportunity of...
Miss Peru, Marina Mora, will use the opportunity of participating in the Miss World competition in Nigeria to press for the rights of Amina Lawal
- JUNE 1, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into...
The full horror of Peru's dark years is emerging into the light in a Latin American version of a truth and reconciliation commission
- MAY 21, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed...
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed former spy chief had ordered the execution of 14 rebel hostage-takers at the climax of a 1997 hostage siege in Lima
- APRIL 25, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
Perù voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death...
Perù voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- APRIL 25, 2001PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru voted in favour of the resolution on the death...
Peru voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2001PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- DECEMBER 12, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto...
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto Fujimori should answer the charges against him
- APRIL 26, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru voted in favour of the resolution on the death...
Peru voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- APRIL 28, 1999PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Peru 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, 1999PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- JANUARY 1, 1999PeruDEATH PENALTY
In 1993, Congress approved a new Constitution introducing...
In 1993, Congress approved a new Constitution introducing a new capital offense: terrorism (Art