Capital punishment in Croatia

Capital punishment in Croatia existed until 1991 when it was constitutionally abolished.

In the time of Yugoslavia, several court cases resulted in capital punishment: The last civilian execution in Croatia was done in 1987,[2][3][4] when a former truck driver Dušan Kosić was executed for the 1 March 1983 murder of his coworker Čedomir Matijević, his wife Slavica and their daughters Dragana (aged 2) and Snježana (8 months old).

[4] The District Court in Karlovac found him guilty and sentenced him to death on 4 October 1983.

[2][3][4] Capital punishment was outlawed by article 21 of the 1990 Constitution of Croatia.

[5] Croatia is a signatory of Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights that abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances.