A/HRC/45/20 Date of abolition for Date of abolition for all crimes ordinary crimes State Date of last execution Ukraine 1999 1997 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1998 Uruguay 1907 .. Uzbekistan 2008 2005 Vanuatu 1980 1980a Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1863 .. Holy See 1969 .. State of Palestine 2019 2003 1969b 1964 Note: Two dots (..) indicate that the information is not available. a Year in which independence was achieved. No executions have taken place since that time. The date of the last execution prior to independence is not available. b Capital punishment for ordinary crimes was abolished in Northern Ireland in 1973. Table 3 Status of capital punishment as of May 2020: abolitionist States for ordinary crimes only (8) State Date of abolition for ordinary crimes Date of last execution Brazil 1979 1855 Burkina Faso 2018 1988 Chile 2001 1985 El Salvador 1983 1973 Guatemala 2017 2000 Israel 1954 1962 Kazakhstan 2007 2003 Peru 1979 1979 Table 4 Status of capital punishment as of May 2020: de facto abolitionist States (49) State 24 Date of last execution Algeria 1993 Antigua and Barbuda 1989 Bahamas 2000 Barbados 1984 Belize 1986 Brunei Darussalam 1957 Cameroon 1997