Serbia
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 · In Yugoslavia the death penalty is applied for aggravated...
- News items in the archive
- 91
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Serbia 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 91 news items on Serbia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2019SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2018SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2017SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2016SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2015SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2014SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2013SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2012SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- AUGUST 15, 2011SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Serbian government seeks to block execution of citizen who sits on Nevada death row.
USA - Nevada. Serbian government seeks to block execution of citizen who sits on Nevada death row.
- JANUARY 1, 2011SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2010SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2009SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2008SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia voted in favour of the Resolution...
Serbia voted in favour of the Resolution...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
Serbia abolished the death penalty for all crimes on February 26, 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2006SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist.
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist.
- APRIL 20, 2005SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia Montenegro was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Serbia Montenegro was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist.
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist.
- OCTOBER 10, 2004SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
forensic experts in Bosnia investigated a site believed to contain the remains of more than 100 Muslim civilians Serb forces.
forensic experts in Bosnia investigated a site believed to contain the remains of more than 100 Muslim civilians Serb forces.
- MAY 28, 2004SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic...
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic promised his Bulgarian counterpart Georgy Parvanov that his country would mediate on behalf of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya in a case involving AIDS-contaminated blood
- APRIL 21, 2004SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro was a cosponsor of the resolution...
Serbia and Montenegro was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist.
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist.
- APRIL 24, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
For the first Serbia-Montenegro was a cosponsor of...
For the first Serbia-Montenegro was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 3, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The state of Serbia-Montenegro became a member of the...
The state of Serbia-Montenegro became a member of the Council of Europe
- MARCH 27, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative...
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative for temporary introduction of the death penalty in the legal system of Serbia and Montenegro was contradictory to international standards and the constitutional charter
- MARCH 26, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zivojin Stjepic of the Christian Democratic Party of...
Zivojin Stjepic of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) said the party would propose to the republican government and the assembly that talks be started with the European Union on a temporary change to the Serbian Penal Code in order to re-esta
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
After almost 75 years, Yugoslavia officially ceased...
After almost 75 years, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist on February 4, 2003 when its parliament voted to replace what remained of the troubled six-member socialist federation with a loose union of Serbia and Montenegro
- JANUARY 1, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In 1999, 102 people were executed in Yugoslavia according...
In 1999, 102 people were executed in Yugoslavia according to unconfirmed opposition reports
- JANUARY 1, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist
Serbia and Montenegro is completely abolitionist