Burundi
2026
- 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
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan,...
Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, declared in a press release in Bujumbura that the Government of Burundi must lift the blanket of impunity and take effective action to end the escalating pattern of killings of civilians by the armed
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International published a new report "Poverty,...
Amnesty International published a new report "Poverty, isolation and ill-treatment
- JULY 22, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
A five-day seminar on national and international law...
A five-day seminar on national and international law opened in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, a country traumatised by years of inter-ethnic conflict
- JUNE 21, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Gitega, 70 kilometers east of the...
A criminal court in Gitega, 70 kilometers east of the Burundi capital of Bujumbura, sentenced to death 11 people with 16 others to life imprisonment for their participating in massacres some ten years ago
- JUNE 18, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
The criminal court in Ngozi (northern Burundi) has...
The criminal court in Ngozi (northern Burundi) has tried several cases in its current session
- MAY 19, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Residents of Muramba zone in Bubanza Province [northwestern...
Residents of Muramba zone in Bubanza Province [northwestern Burundi] on the night of 18 into 19 May arrested and executed two armed bandits of Palipehutu-FNL [National Liberation Forces]
- APRIL 25, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Burundi voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Burundi voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights