Spain
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 country has been abolitionist since 1995; the last...
- News items in the archive
- 90
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Spain 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 90 news items on Spain, from 1999 to today.
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- OCTOBER 11, 2024ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Interview with professor Gemma Varona
On Restorative Justice
- JANUARY 1, 2020SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2019SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- MAY 18, 2018SpainDEATH PENALTY
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE SPAIN TO HALT EXTRADITIONS TO CHINA FEARING RISK OF TORTURE OR DEATH PENALTY
UN human rights experts say they are deeply concerned by Spain’s decision to extradite Chinese and Taiwanese individuals to the People's Republic of China
- JANUARY 1, 2018SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2017SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2016SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2015SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 10, 2014Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
SPANISH COURT BACKS PUERTO RICAN'S EXTRADITION
A Spanish court ordered the extradition of a Puerto Rican woman wanted by U.S. federal authorities for
- JANUARY 1, 2014SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
JUNE 13, 2013SpainDEATH PENALTYMADRID: 5th WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of civil society, political figures and journalists from five continents gathered in Madrid to push for the universal abolition of the death penalty during the World 5th Congress against the Death Penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2013SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2012SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2011SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- OCTOBER 7, 2010SpainDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN: ZAPATERO CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, called for a worldwide moratorium
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010SpainDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA: CONGRESS OPENS WITH CALL TO END DEATH PENALTY
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has told an anti-death penalty conference
- JANUARY 1, 2010SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- JANUARY 1, 2009SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2008SpainDEATH PENALTY
UN. ZAPATERO CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN 2015
Speaking to the United Nations in New York, the Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has called for a universal moratorium on the death penalty in 2015 as a first step towards its complete abolition.
- JUNE 17, 2008SpainDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. ZAPATERO, I WILL DRIVE A UN INITIATIVE AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Spanish Premier José Luis Zapatero announced that Spain wants to lead the campaign against
- JUNE 6, 2008SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN TO EXTRADITE SUSPECTED ARMS DEALER TO US
The Spanish government authorised the extradition to the United States of a suspected Syrian
- JANUARY 1, 2008SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Spain voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- OCTOBER 21, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN TO EXTRADITE SPANIARD SENTENCED TO DEATH
YEMEN TO EXTRADITE SPANIARD SENTENCED TO DEATH
- JANUARY 1, 2007SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- APRIL 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. CHINA RATIFIES EXTRADITION TREATY WITH SPAIN, NOT TO EXECUTE REPATRIATES
China ratified an extradition treaty with Spain, the first such treaty the communist nation has signed with a developed western country, in which Beijing agreed not to execute repatriated criminals.
- APRIL 18, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. SPAIN THANKS ARROYO FOR SAVING CITIZEN ON DEATH ROW
the Government of Spain thanked the Philippines, particularly President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for saving Francisco Javier Larrañaga Gonzales, also known as Paco Larrañaga, a dual citizen, from death row, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PHILIPPINE LEADER SAYS SPANISH INMATE WILL NOT BE EXECUTED
Spanish Defence Minister José Bono said he had received assurances from Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that a Spanish national sentenced to death by a court in Manila in 2004 would not be executed while she remained in power.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PASSES RESOLUTION ASKING MERCY FOR SPANIARD ON DEATH ROW
the European Parliament adopted a resolution asking the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to exercise her powers by granting an absolute pardon to European citizen Francisco Larranaga, condemned to death for rape and murder.