Burundi
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- February 28, 2005; ratified by popular referendum
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on German, Belgian, and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral (Senate and National Assembly)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal, First Instance Courts
RELIGIONS
62% Catholics; 23% Animists; 10% Muslims; 5% Protestants;
From the country
- OCTOBER 19, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
Two Burundi army soldiers, Sgt
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Following an attack by the National Liberation Forces,...
Following an attack by the National Liberation Forces, a Hutu-armed opposition group, on a military post in the Kamenge area in northern Bujumbura, government soldiers of the Bataillon Para carried out reprisal killings in the Kamenge, Gasenyi, Gituro are
- MAY 1, 2000BurundiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates...
It was reported that there were 155 death row inmates who had their appeals exhausted and who could be executed