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
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to African Union observers...
Amnesty International appealed to African Union observers due to visit Burundi, to take note of human rights abuses by the government or rebel movements, especially the killings of unarmed civilians
- 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
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that between November 2...
Amnesty International said that between November 2 and 4, government troops in Burundi massacred at least 93 civilians in Bujumbura Rural province, apparently in response to a rebel attack on an army vehicle the day before
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
The Ngozi criminal court, sitting in Muyinga [northeastern...
The Ngozi criminal court, sitting in Muyinga [northeastern Burundi] sentenced to death Methode Nivyumwami, the former administrator of Gasorwe [northeastern Burundi]
- JUNE 13, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that criminal courts across Burundi,...
It was reported that criminal courts across Burundi, notably in the towns of Bujumbura, Gitega and Ngozi sentenced a total of 20 people to death in the month of May alone, for manslaughter
- MAY 16, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from...
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from 15 years' imprisonment to capital punishment from the Ngozi criminal court (northern Burundi) for "involvement in massacres" in northern Burundi after the assassination of the first democratically-elected