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The only country in Europe that continues to execute in the 21st century is Belarus (last execution done in 2022). [8] No member of the Council of Europe has carried out executions in the 21st century. The last execution on the present day territory of the Council of Europe took place in 1997 in Ukraine. [9] [10]
Country Last execution date Name Crime Method C Abkhazia: never used: A Albania: 29 June 1995 [citation needed] murder hanging: A Andorra: 18 October 1943 [153] [154] Pere Areny murder: firing squad: A Armenia: 30 August 1991 [153] unnamed man murder: single firearm: A Austria: 24 March 1950 [153] Johann Trnka: murder: hanging: A Azerbaijan ...
Since 1999, Belarus has been the only recognized country in Europe to carry out executions. 2009, 2015, 2020 are the first three years in recorded history when Europe was completely free of executions. The countries in Europe that most recently abolished the death penalty are Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019), Latvia (2012), and Albania (2007).
The majority of European countries have signed and ratified it. Some European countries have not done this, but all of them except Belarus have now abolished the death penalty in all circumstances (de jure, and Russia de facto). Armenia is the most recent country to ratify the protocol, on 19 October 2023. [277]
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Belarus.At least one execution was carried out in the country in 2022. [1]Also known as an Exceptional Measure of Punishment (Russian: Исключительная Мера Наказания, ИМН), [2] the death penalty has been a part of the country's legal system since gaining independence from the Soviet Union on August 25, 1991.
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Today, most political circles are opposed to the idea of reintroducing the death penalty, although it has had support from the Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998. The party omitted it as an official policy after the party program was updated in 1998, although individuals within the party continue to support the death penalty for serious crimes ...
The last execution in East Germany is believed to have been the shooting of Werner Teske, convicted for treason, in 1981; the last execution of a civilian (after 1970, capital punishment was rare and used almost exclusively for espionage and occasionally Nazi war criminals) was Erwin Hagedorn, for sexually motivated serial child murder. By then ...