Posted on November 2004

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK

The Constitution of Greece allows for the application of the death penalty for crimes committed during, and in connection with, war (Article 7(3)). The Military Criminal Code retains the death penalty for certain military crimes committed during wartime (Article 6(2) of Law 2287/95). A draft law on ratification of Protocol No. 13 to the ECHR, which Greece signed in May 2002, is expected to be submitted to the parliament shortly. 

RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

International Instruments/Ratification Status

ICCPR - R

Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR - R *

CRC - R

ECHR - R

Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR - R

Protocol No. 13 to the ECHR - S

Status: partly abolitionist

R = ratified, S = signed, a dash (-) indicates that the participating State has neither signed nor ratified the relevant instrument

* Greece has entered a reservation to Article 2 of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR allowing for the application of the death penalty in time of war pursuant to a conviction for a most serious crime of a military nature committed during wartime.

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