Benin
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 2, 1990
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the French system and customary norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, High Court of Justice
RELIGIONS
42.8% Christians, 24.4% Muslims, 2%, 17.3% voodoo, 15.5% other
From the country
- DECEMBER 18, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
Benin voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Benin voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN GOVERNMENT FAVOURS ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
at the Third World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris...
- JANUARY 14, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN SUPREME COURT SAYS POLICEMAN TO DIE BY HANGING
the Supreme Court Of Benin affirmed the death sentence of a police sergeant for unlawfully murdering a man the sergeant claimed he was trying to arrest.
- JANUARY 1, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.
The death penalty is provided for in the penal code for various offences, including: murder, piracy, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance.