Venezuela
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 · Art. 58 of the Constitution states: "The right to life...
- News items in the archive
- 49
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Venezuela 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 49 news items on Venezuela, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2002VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
In 1863 Venezuela formally abolished the death penalty,...
In 1863 Venezuela formally abolished the death penalty, making it the first modern state to do so
- DECEMBER 25, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama...
The Venezuelan government formally requested that Panama extradite a Cuban man, Luis Posada Carriles, accused of blowing up a Cubana Aviacion airliner in 1976 shortly after take-off from Barbados
- DECEMBER 20, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- APRIL 25, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Venezuela was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Venezuela was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
According to a report released by the U
According to a report released by the U
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions in...
Extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions in Venezuela rose by 68 percent from January to September 2000, compared to the same period in 1999, PROVEA said Raul Cubas human rights group PROVEA's Coordinator-General
- JANUARY 1, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
In 1863 Venezuela formally abolished the death penalty,...
In 1863 Venezuela formally abolished the death penalty, making it the first modern state to do so
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel has said the ministry...
Foreign Minister Jose Vicente Rangel has said the ministry was studying the court records on Posada Carriles to determine whether there were judicial grounds to request his extradition
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Fifty-one percent of the Venezuelans back the application...
Fifty-one percent of the Venezuelans back the application of death penalty in this country to reduce high crime rate, according to soundings by the Encuestadora Roxon polling firm
- APRIL 26, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Venezuela cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Venezuela cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 24, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
President Hugo Chavez ruled out that the government...
President Hugo Chavez ruled out that the government planned to institute the death penalty or life sentence as a means of coping with this problem of spiralling crime
- MARCH 21, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Affairs minister Vale Rangel said the new Constitution,...
Foreign Affairs minister Vale Rangel said the new Constitution, which reflected the most recent developments in international human rights law, gave full effect to all the human rights instruments to which Venezuela was a party
- JANUARY 23, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
President Hugo Chavez pledged to investigate reports...
President Hugo Chavez pledged to investigate reports of alleged human rights abuses in the aftermath of December 1999's devastating mudslides, charges he first dismissed as irresponsible
- JANUARY 19, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan government admitted that human rights...
The Venezuelan government admitted that human rights violations, including summary executions of looters by troops, might have occurred in the aftermath of the devastating mudslides
- JANUARY 15, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups uncovered a series of executions...
Human rights groups uncovered a series of executions and beatings allegedly carried out by the Venezuelan military in an attempt to stop widespread looting in the wake of the deadly floods and mudslides that rocked Venezuela between December 17 and 30 Dec
- JANUARY 1, 2000VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 58 of the Constitution states: "The right to life...
Art. 58 of the Constitution states: "The right to life is inviolable. Neither the law can provide for the death penalty, nor any authority put it into effect
- NOVEMBER 9, 1999VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
On November 9, speaking at the Third Committee of the...
On November 9, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, Venezuela's representative Carlos Bivero said his Government had made great progress in promoting human rights, as a result of a combination of national and international initiatives
- APRIL 28, 1999VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Venezuela was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the...
Venezuela was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28, 1999 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Art. 58 of the Constitution states: "The right to life...
Art. 58 of the Constitution states: "The right to life is inviolable. Neither the law can provide for the death penalty, nor any authority put it into effect