Bulgaria
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- July 13, 1991; amended several times, last in 2015
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law; subject to mandatory ICJ jurisdiction
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Cassation (composed of a president and about 72 judges organized into criminal, civil, and commercial chambers); Administrative Supreme Court (organized into 2 chambers with various chambers of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (composed of 12 judges); Courts of Appeal; regional and district courts; administrative courts; military courts
RELIGIONS
Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslims 7.8%, Others (including Catholics, Protestants, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jews) 1.7%, None 3.7%, Not specified 27.4% (estimate 2011)
From the country
- APRIL 21, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 7, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors in Libya called for the death sentence...
Prosecutors in Libya called for the death sentence for seven health workers, six Bulgarian and one Palestinian, accused of spreading AIDS in a children's hospital in the northern Libyan town of Benghazi, Bulgarian radio reported
- APRIL 24, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- MARCH 20, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva Bulgaria expressed its firm conviction that the abolition of the death penalty represented a milestone in the progressive evolution of universal human rights standards
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council...
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Yurii Shterk, deposited with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schimmer the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council...
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Yurii Shterk, deposited with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schimmer the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria of Protocol No
- JANUARY 1, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Bulgarian Vice-President commuted the 21 death...
The Bulgarian Vice-President commuted the 21 death sentences passed between 1990 and 1998 to life imprisonment upon the abolition of the death penalty in December 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A moratorium on executions imposed by Parliament was...
A moratorium on executions imposed by Parliament was in place between July 20, 1990 and December 10, 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December...
The death penalty for all crimes was abolished on December 10, 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
In February 2003, Bulgaria deposited with the Council...
In February 2003, Bulgaria deposited with the Council of Europe the instrument of ratification of Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- NOVEMBER 21, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Ambassador Yuri Sterk, signed Protocol No
Bulgarian Ambassador Yuri Sterk, signed Protocol No