Angola
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- republic; multiparty presidential regime
- CONSTITUTION
- adopted by the National Assembly on February 5, 2010
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- legal civil system based on Portuguese law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Court for Hearings, and Military Supreme Court. All judges are appointed by the President
RELIGIONS
Roman Catholics 41.1%, Protestants 38.1%, others 8.6%
From the country
- OCTOBER 1, 1999AngolaDEATH PENALTY
In October, representatives of the Angolan mission...
In October, representatives of the Angolan mission at the United Nations in New York said that at the beginning of the year, because of increasing criminality, a group of judges called for the reintroduction of the death penalty
- APRIL 28, 1999AngolaDEATH PENALTY
Angola was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Angola was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death...
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death penalty