Bahrain
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- February 14, 2002; amended in 2012, 2017
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- mixed legal system of Islamic law (sharia), English common law, Egyptian civil, criminal, and commercial codes; customary law; has not submitted a declaration of jurisdiction to the ICJ
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral legislature composed of the Consultative Council and the Council of Representatives (House of Deputies)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Cassation (composed of the president and 3 judges); Supreme Court of Appeal (composed of the president and 3 judges); Constitutional Court (composed of the president and 6 members); High Sharia Appeal Court (court sessions include the president and at least one judge); High civil appeal courts; intermediate and lower civil courts; High Sharia Appeal Court; High Sharia Court; Administrative Appeal Courts; military courts
RELIGIONS
Muslim 73.7%, Christian 9.3%, Jewish 0.1%, other 16.9% (estimate 2017)
From the country
- APRIL 18, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: DEATH RULING UPHELD
the Supreme Civil Appeals Court in Bahrain upheld the death penalty against a Bangladeshi man convicted of the murder of his compatriot.
- JANUARY 1, 2009BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
- NOVEMBER 29, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
MPs in Bahrain demanded the death penalty for four men...
MPs in Bahrain demanded the death penalty for four men who allegedly kidnapped a Bahraini teenager and gang raped him in a seven-hour ordeal.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
RIGHTS BODY URGES BAHRAIN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Bahrain was urged to abolish death penalty from its panel code law after the activation of the punishment few years ago.
- AUGUST 10, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN SLAMMED OVER DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
proposed legislation enforcing the death penalty for people found guilty of disclosing state secrets and documents to rival nations was condemned by a leading human rights group in Bahrain.
- JUNE 4, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN. BANGLADESHI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Bangladeshi murderer was executed by firing squad in Bahrain early in the morning, the Public Prosecution
- MAY 30, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN MP SEEKS END TO DEATH PENALTY FOR CRIMES
a Bahraini lawmaker called for the suspension of death penalty in criminal cases to avoid jeopardising the human rights achievements of Bahrain after a move to execute a Bangladeshi national who killed his sponsor's daughter in 2006.
- MAY 29, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: EXECUTION OF BANGLADESHI MAN IN BAHRAIN ‘FAST TRACKED’
Bahrain reportedly decided to speed up the execution of a Bangladeshi man convicted of murder.
- MAY 6, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR BAHRAINI COMMUTED
in Saudi Arabia, the death sentence of Bahraini national Maki Ali Abbas, 46, was commuted
- APRIL 28, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: FINAL APPEAL REJECTED
a Bangladeshi cook will be executed in Bahrain after the Cassation Court...
- MARCH 1, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
a Bahrain court upheld the death sentence against Jassim Abdulmanan for
a Bahrain court upheld the death sentence against Jassim Abdulmanan for
- JANUARY 1, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are