Central African Republic
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 27, 2004
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the French system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and Constitutional Court, whose judges are appointed by the President; Court of Appeal, criminal courts
RELIGIONS
35% local beliefs; 25% Catholics; 25% Protestants; 15% Muslims
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in 1981
The last execution was carried out in 1981
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
CAR is a state party to the statute of the International...
CAR is a state party to the statute of the International Criminal Court, the United Nation's permanent war crimes tribunal
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Central African Republic's government was toppled...
The Central African Republic's government was toppled by a military coup in March 2003
- OCTOBER 21, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Human rights have suffered a serious setback in the...
Human rights have suffered a serious setback in the aftermath of the May 2001 coup in the Central African Republic
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced...
Former Central African President Andre Kolingba, sentenced to death [on August 26] for leading a coup against the country's president, has relocated from Kampala to Paris, France
- AUGUST 24, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Central African Republic sentenced former...
A court in the Central African Republic sentenced former military ruler Andre Kolingba and 21 others to death in absentia for their part in an attempted coup last year
- AUGUST 23, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Central African Republic's state prosecutor, Joseph...
The Central African Republic's state prosecutor, Joseph Bindoumi, called for the death penalty for former military ruler Andre Kolingba, three of his children and 19 other associates tried in absentia over a failed coup last year
- JULY 16, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians...
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians and soldiers following a mutiny in Kisangani in northeastern Congo, far more than the rebels have acknowledged, a UN official said
- MARCH 15, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Idris Deby, Chad's president, is circulating a video...
Idris Deby, Chad's president, is circulating a video of eight Chadians arrested in the north of the Central African Republic, who were taken to Bangui and allegedly tortured
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting...
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting a coup in the impoverished Central African Republic in May 2001 opened in the capital Bangui