Belize
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- September 21, 1981
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, the President is appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister
RELIGIONS
49.6% Catholics, 27% Protestants, 14% other, 9.4% none
From the country
MARCH 22, 2022BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: POSTHUMOUS PARDON PROPOSED FOR NORA PARHAM WHO WAS HANGED OVER 50 YEARS AGO
On 8 March 2022, International Women's Day, Belize’s Cabinet announced that after discussion, Cabinet gave its full support for the proposal from Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, for Nora Parham to be granted a posthumous pardon s
- JANUARY 1, 2020BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2019BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
APRIL 5, 2018BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: ALL PRISONERS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE TO BE RE-SENTENCED
At least 44 prisoners currently serving life sentences in Belize will be re-sentenced following an important judgment by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
- JANUARY 1, 2018BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2017BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2016BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
JULY 14, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE QUASHED
Glenford Baptist, 44, has a new lease on life after being told this morning that his sentence of death by hanging will be commuted.
- JANUARY 1, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2014BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2012BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.