Chad
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- March 31, 1996, approved by referendum
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the French system and customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; Constitutional Council; High Court of Justice; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts
RELIGIONS
54% Muslims; 20% Catholics, 14% Protestants, 7% Animists
From the country
- NOVEMBER 9, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
A man was shot dead by firing squad in the Chadian...
A man was shot dead by firing squad in the Chadian capital Ndjamena for the murder of a Guatemalan religious worker
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and...
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and carried out the death penalty for the first time since 1991, executing eight people after vowing to crack down on unrest in the impoverished desert state
- OCTOBER 25, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chad sentenced four men to death for the...
A court in Chad sentenced four men to death for the murder of Sudanese businessman Acheik Ibni Oumar Idriss Youssouf, who headed the Chad Petroleum company
- AUGUST 13, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, was publicly executed...
Abdullah bin Yahia Mohammed of Chad, was publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
A multiparty constitution inaugurated in 1996 retained...
A multiparty constitution inaugurated in 1996 retained the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad has signed but not yet ratified the statute of...
Chad has signed but not yet ratified the statute of the International Criminal Court, the United Nation's permanent war crimes court
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
In 1996, President Idriss Deby, on occasion of his...
In 1996, President Idriss Deby, on occasion of his investiture, commuted all death sentences pronounced in 1994 and 1995 to life imprisonment
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- MARCH 15, 2002ChadDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002ChadDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JULY 3, 2001ChadDEATH PENALTY
N'Djamena's criminal court sentenced five people to...
N'Djamena's criminal court sentenced five people to death, including one in absentia after convicting them for armed robbery