Burkina Faso
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 2, 1991 formally adopted on June 11, 1991, last amendment January 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on French codes and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
50% Muslims; 40% Animists; 10% Christians
From the country
- DECEMBER 4, 2025Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
BURKINA FASO - Burkina Faso plans to reintroduce death penalty
The country is governed by a military junta
- NOVEMBER 11, 2024Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
BURKINA WANTS TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY: GOVERNMENT SOURCE
Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told AFP on November 9, 2024.
- JANUARY 1, 2020Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso abolishes the death penalty
Burkina Faso abolishes the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2019Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso abolishes the death penalty
Burkina Faso abolishes the death penalty
- MAY 31, 2018Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
BURKINA FASO ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY IN NEW PENAL CODE
Burkina Faso's parliament has abolished the death penalty by adopting a new penal code that strikes it as a possible sentence.
- JANUARY 1, 2018Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso abolishes the death penalty
Burkina Faso abolishes the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2017Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
JUNE 9, 2016Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTYBURKINA FASO: CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS PUSH FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
About ten civil society groups in Burkina Faso launched a campaign aimed at pushing for the abolition of
- JANUARY 1, 2016Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
- JUNE 10, 2015Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
BURKINA FASO: TOWARDS ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY?
in a closed-door meeting in Ouagadougou, the office of the Transitional National Council (TNC)
- JANUARY 1, 2015Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
- JANUARY 1, 2014Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes:
Burkina Faso provides for the death penalty in the following crimes: