Colombia
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic; government dominated by the executive
- CONSTITUTION
- July 5, 1991; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Spanish system, a new penal code modeled on the American system has recently been introduced
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Senado) and House of Representatives (Camara de Representantes)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, Council of State, Constitutional Court, Superior Council of the Judiciary
RELIGIONS
90% Catholics, 10% others
From the country
- APRIL 28, 1999ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the...
Colombia 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, 1999ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910