Sri Lanka
CountriesSri Lanka
Capital Punishment Status
Abolitionist de facto
On Death Row
1299
Foreign Nationals
5
Last execution
1976
Sri Lanka retains the death penalty but is currently abolitionist de facto.
Death penalty crimes
- Drug Trafficking
- Extortion
- Human Trafficking
- Kidnapping
- Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Treason
Mandatory death penalty crimes
- Murder
Gender of foreign nationals sentenced to death
6
Male
0
Female
Top crimes for which foreign nationals sentenced to death
Main occupations of foreign nationals sentenced to death
Main regions of origin of foreign nationals sentenced to death
Status of foreign nationals sentenced to death
Additional Resources
Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Sri Lanka
- Preview
- Organisation
- University of Oxford
- Author/Editor
- Death Penalty Research Unit
- Date of Publication
- 2022
Resources
Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Singapore
- Preview
- Organisation
- University of Oxford
- Author/Editor
- Death Penalty Research Unit
- Date of Publication
- 2023
Resources
Country Report: Foreign Nationals in Kuwait
- Preview
- Organisation
- University of Oxford
- Author/Editor
- Death Penalty Research Unit
- Date of Publication
- 2022
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- Description
Sri Lanka retains the death penalty but is currently abolitionist de facto.
- Country Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Death Row Population
- 1299
- Foreign Nationals on Death Row
- 5
- Last Known Execution
- 1976
- Punishable Crimes
- Drug Trafficking
- Extortion
- Human Trafficking
- Kidnapping
- Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Treason
- Mandatory Crimes
- Murder
- Region
- South Asia
- Geolocation
Latitude: 7.87305399999999
Longitude: 80.7717969999999
- Geolocation
- Country Report
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