Portugal
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 Portuguese Republic (1976) at Art
- News items in the archive
- 62
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Portugal 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 62 news items on Portugal, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 28, 1999PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Portugal was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976) at Art
The Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976) at Art