Slovakia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1998
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 · On September 22 1998, Slovakia, which had already ratified...
- News items in the archive
- 50
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Slovakia 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 50 news items on Slovakia, from 1998 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2019SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2018SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2017SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2016SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2015SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2014SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2013SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2012SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2011SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2010SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JANUARY 1, 2009SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JUNE 18, 2008SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CRITICISES SLOTA'S DEATH PENALTY STANCE
Amnesty International Slovakia (AIS) welcomed the disapproving stance of Prime Minister Robert Fico towards Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Jan Slota's statements calling for an intensification of discussions on capital punishment in Europe.
- JANUARY 1, 2008SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Slovakia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
SLOVAK COURT CHANGES NIZNANSKY'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE SENTENCE
the Regional Court in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, changed the original death sentence handed down to alleged war criminal Ladislav Niznansky to a life sentence in order bring the verdict into line with the country’s laws. Niznansky, a German citizen since
- JANUARY 1, 2006SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JULY 25, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY WANT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
a poll carried out in Slovakia by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 percent of respondents were in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 percent said they welcomed the 2004 introduction of the “three strikes you’re out” sys
- APRIL 20, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 21, 2004SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- APRIL 24, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 18, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Slovakia's Justice Minister Daniel...
It was reported that Slovakia's Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic said capital punishment was a "plausible system of penalty, which does not make corrections possible
- JANUARY 1, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990
- JANUARY 1, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Slovakia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished when Slovakia was part...
The death penalty was abolished when Slovakia was part of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
- JULY 14, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovak Ambassador to the Council of Europe (CE) Anna...
Slovak Ambassador to the Council of Europe (CE) Anna Lamperova signed the Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, related to the absolute abolition of the death penalty
- JUNE 24, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Real Slovak National Party (PSNS) boss Jan Slota criticized...
Real Slovak National Party (PSNS) boss Jan Slota criticized Slovakia's decision to sign a protocol No