Cyprus abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1983 and for all crimes committed in peacetime in 1999.

Cyprus abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1983 and for all crimes committed in peacetime in 1999. However capital punishment was retained for certain wartime offences - treason and piracy - under the Military Criminal Code. On April 19, 2002 the Military Criminal Code was amended to remove the death penalty for crimes committed in wartime and Cyprus became totally abolitionist.
On March 12, 2003 Cyprus deposited with the Council of Europe the instrument of ratification of Protocol No 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
The last execution was conducted in 1962, and carried out by hanging. The Turkish Cypriot Constitution abolished capital punishment except for military crimes.
On December 20, 2012, Cyprus co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.