Senegal
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 · Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- News items in the archive
- 48
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Senegal 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 48 news items on Senegal, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye...
A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye Diagne, an armed robber nicknamed "Foreman," found guilty of stabbing a young soldier in the throat to steal his belongings on 28 August 1993
- AUGUST 6, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato,...
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, was in Senegal gathering consensus for a UN moratorium on capital executions
- APRIL 24, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death...
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal became the first country, in 1999, to sign...
Senegal became the first country, in 1999, to sign and ratify the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the first permanent international judicial body capable of trying individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, spying and treason
Aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, spying and treason
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal has executed only two people since independence...
Senegal has executed only two people since independence in 1960
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Senegal does not make a specific...
The Constitution of Senegal does not make a specific mention of the death penalty
- JULY 9, 2002SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Seven Senegalese human rights NGOs and associations...
Seven Senegalese human rights NGOs and associations have embarked on a campaign to end the death penalty in the country
- APRIL 25, 2002SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Senegal abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- APRIL 25, 2001SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death...
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001 (2001/68)
- JANUARY 1, 2001SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- APRIL 26, 2000SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death...
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal's Interior Minister, General Lamine Cisse,...
Senegal's Interior Minister, General Lamine Cisse, said that all measures were taken to ensure free and fair elections
- JANUARY 1, 2000SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- APRIL 28, 1999SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death...
Senegal abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes