LUXEMBOURG

government: constitutional monarchy

state of civil and political rights: Free

constitution: 17 October 1868

legal system: based on civil law system

legislative system: Unicameral Chamber of Deputies

judicial system: judges for all courts are appointed for life by the monarch

religion: Roman Catholic 87%, other 13%

death row:

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0

international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

1st Optional Protocol to the Covenant

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (aiming to the abolition of the death penalty)

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

6th Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (concerning the abolition of the death penalty)

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances

Statute of the International Criminal Court (which excludes the death penalty)

situation:
Luxembourg has been completely abolitionist since 1979.
The Constitution of October 17, 1868, as amended on April 29, 1999 states at Art. 18 that: "The death penalty cannot be established." The last execution was carried out in 1949.
On December 20, 2012, Luxembourg co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.