1976: PORTUGAL abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1978: DENMARK abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1979: LUXEMBOURG, NICARAGUA and NORWAY abolished the death
penalty for all crimes.
           BRAZIL, FIJI and PERU abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.

           1981: FRANCE and CAPE VERDE abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1982: The NETHERLANDS abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1983: CYPRUS and EL SALVADOR abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.

           1984: ARGENTINA abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.

           1985: AUSTRALIA abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1987: HAITI, LIECHTENSTEIN and the GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1) abolished the death
           penalty for all crimes.

           1989: CAMBODIA, NEW ZEALAND, ROMANIA and SLOVENIA (2) abolished the death penalty for all
           crimes.

           1990: ANDORRA, CROATIA (2), the CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC (3), HUNGARY,
           IRELAND, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA and SAO TOMÉ AND PRíNCIPE abolished the death penalty for
           all crimes.

           1992: ANGOLA, PARAGUAY and SWITZERLAND abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1993: GREECE, GUINEA-BISSAU, HONG KONG (4) and SEYCHELLES abolished the death penalty
           for all crimes.

           1994: ITALY abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1995: DJIBOUTI, MAURITIUS, MOLDOVA and SPAIN abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1996: BELGIUM abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1997: GEORGIA, NEPAL, POLAND and SOUTH AFRICA abolished the death penalty for all crimes.
           BOLIVIA and BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.

           1998: AZERBAIJAN, BULGARIA, CANADA, ESTONIA, LITHUANIA and the UNITED KINGDOM
           abolished the death penalty for all crimes.

           1999: EAST TIMOR, TURKMENISTAN and UKRAINE abolished the death penalty for all crimes.
           LATVIA (5) abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.

           2000 : COTE D'IVOIRE and MALTA abolished the death penalty for all crimes. ALBANIA (6)
           abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.

           2001: CHILE abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes.
 

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