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
- NOVEMBER 25, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In his talks with legal representatives from the Council...
In his talks with legal representatives from the Council of Europe Federal Justice Minister Momcilo Grubac discussed the election of Yugoslav judges and public prosecutors in line with European standards, issues surrounding conscientious objection and mil
- NOVEMBER 8, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Justice Party said it would cooperate...
The National Justice Party said it would cooperate closely with some of the parties in the DOS [Democratic Opposition of Serbia] and that it would support the abolition of police imprisonment and the death penalty
- OCTOBER 30, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant...
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant in the trial of an international gang of kidnappers and murderers of lorry drivers, was sentenced to death by a court in Subotica
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Carla del Ponte, Chief U
Carla del Ponte, Chief U
- JULY 21, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeal for Anto Furundzija,...
The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appeal for Anto Furundzija, and affirmed the conviction and sentence handed down by the Trial Chamber, to 10 years' imprisonment
- JUNE 23, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The federal government submitted a draft of a tough...
The federal government submitted a draft of a tough anti-terrorism law to Parliament
- JUNE 1, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zoran Balinovac, Deputy Justice Minster of the Republic...
Zoran Balinovac, Deputy Justice Minster of the Republic of Serbia said that "a law against terrorism is necessary in order for us to be able to react suitably and appropriately to the situation that our country is in, as well as to protect the constitutio
- MAY 25, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Vojislav Seselj,...
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Vojislav Seselj, a hardline nationalist, said: "Anyone carrying out terrorist actions and killing our citizens upon an American order should face death penalty as well as those who are kidnapping our people
- APRIL 15, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Kosovar refugees in Australia feared death
Kosovar refugees in Australia feared death
- MARCH 24, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber increased the final sentence for...
The Appeals Chamber increased the final sentence for Zlatko Aleksovski to seven years' imprisonment
- MARCH 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
General Radislav Kristic, 52, a Bosnian Serb, went...
General Radislav Kristic, 52, a Bosnian Serb, went on trial charged with planning and ordering the 1995 slaughter of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica, the largest mass killing of civilians in Europe since World War II
- MARCH 3, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Tihomir Blaskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Tihomir Blaskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual and superior responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity, 6 counts of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and 10 counts of violations of the laws or customs of war by Trial Chamber I
- JANUARY 27, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Yugoslav police announced the arrest of Dobrosav Gavric,...
Yugoslav police announced the arrest of Dobrosav Gavric, whom they believed was the lone gunman who fired the shots which killed Zelijko Raznatovic, the Serbian warlord also known as Arkan
- JANUARY 26, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Chamber, joining the appeals against the...
The Appeals Chamber, joining the appeals against the sentence of 14 July 1997 and that of 11 November 1999, reduced the sentence for Dusko Tadic from a maximum of 25 to a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 15, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
A tract, signed by the Albanian National Army, was...
A tract, signed by the Albanian National Army, was found in Podujeve [in northeastern Kosovo]
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Drago Josipovic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Drago Josipovic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zoran Kupreskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Zoran Kupreskic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on one count of a crime against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Santic, found guilty by virtue of his individual...
Vladimir Santic, found guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 3 counts of crimes against humanity by Trial Chamber II, was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment
- JANUARY 1, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The 13 year regime of Slobodan Milosevic ended after...
The 13 year regime of Slobodan Milosevic ended after elections were followed by an uprising by more than half a million people who took to the streets of Belgrade, seized the parliament, and burned down the state television station
- DECEMBER 15, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, Counsel for Jelisic filed a notice...
On December 15, Counsel for Jelisic filed a notice of appeal against sentence and judgment
- DECEMBER 14, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On December 14, Goran Jelisic was sentenced by the...
On December 14, Goran Jelisic was sentenced by the ICTY to 40 years' imprisonment for the 31 counts of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war to which he pleaded guilty on October 29, 1998
- DECEMBER 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the head of the UN civilian mission in...
In December, the head of the UN civilian mission in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, issued a decree proclaiming that the laws in force in Kosovo before 1989, the year the province was stripped off its autonomy, will be in force there in conjunction with all the
- NOVEMBER 25, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 25, the defense filed an appeal against...
On November 25, the defense filed an appeal against Tadic's sentence
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, Tadic was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment...
On November 11, Tadic was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 22, thousands of citizens protested in...
On September 22, thousands of citizens protested in Prishtina, demanding the release of 7,000 Albanians being held as prisoners of war in Serbian prisons
- JULY 15, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko...
On July 15, the ICTY's Appeals Chamber found Dusko Tadic additionally guilty by virtue of his individual criminal responsibility on 6 counts of grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, one count of a violation of the laws or customs of war and one c
- MAY 7, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On May 7, Zlatko Aleksovski was found guilty by the...
On May 7, Zlatko Aleksovski was found guilty by the ICTY by virtue of both his individual and superior criminal responsibility on one count of a violation of the laws or customs of war, and sentenced to 2 years' and 6 months' imprisonment by Trial Chamber
- MARCH 28, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 28, Serbia's Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic...
On March 28, Serbia's Justice Minister Dragoljub Jankovic wrote to the competent Yugoslav federal bodies proposing that the Federal Government facilitate criminal procedures in times of war, in view of NATO's aggression
- MARCH 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were...
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were executed by shooting
- JANUARY 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In Yugoslavia the death penalty is applied for aggravated...
In Yugoslavia the death penalty is applied for aggravated murder