Chile
2026
STATUSAbolitionist for ordinary crimes
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- in effect since March 11, 1981, has been amended several times, last in 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the 1857 code derived from Spanish law with influences from French and Austrian law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Senado) and Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
70% Catholics, 15% Evangelicals, other minorities
From the country
- APRIL 28, 1999ChileDEATH PENALTY
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Chile was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChileDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code envisages the death penalty for murder...
The Penal Code envisages the death penalty for murder of relatives; kidnapping and child abuse; kidnapping of adults provoking death; murder of police