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
- AUGUST 24, 2018BeninDEATH PENALTY
On 21 February 2018, the government of Benin commuted the death sentence of all the 14 men to life
On 21 February 2018, the government of Benin commuted the death sentence of all the 14 men to life imprisonment. This is after the decision, by the Constitutional Court of Benin, to abolish the death penalty for all crimes in a 2016 after the entry into
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN ABOLISHES DEATH PENALITY
Benin has abolished the death penalty, according to a decree issued by the head of state, Patrice Talon.
- JANUARY 1, 2018BeninDEATH PENALTY
On July 5, 2012, with the deposit of its instrument of accession...
On July 5, 2012, with the deposit of its instrument of accession...