Cuba
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- February 24, 1976; amended in 1992 and 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Spanish and American law with many points from communist theory
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly of the People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of the People (Tribunal Supremo Popular), president, vice president, and other judges are elected by the National Assembly
RELIGIONS
Catholic majority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2007CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes.
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes.
- JUNE 19, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. DISSIDENTS ASK FOR AMNESTY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS, MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
dissident groups in Cuba asked Havana to grant a general amnesty to political prisoners and to introduce a legal moratorium on capital executions.
- APRIL 28, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. CUBAN SOCIOLOGIST AURELIO ALONSO SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
Cuban sociologist Aurelio Alonso perceives the problem of capital punishment from two angles: legal and ethical.
- APRIL 28, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. UNIQUE OPINION SURVEY SHOWED WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PENALTY
the death penalty in Cuba is not a focus of public debate. But the only known opinion survey, carried out three years ago by a moderate dissident group proposing a charter of human rights for public consideration, indicated widespread opposition to the de
- APRIL 11, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
"Right now there are around 50 people either sentenced to, or eligible for, the death sentence...
"Right now there are around 50 people either sentenced to, or eligible for, the death sentence," opposition leader Elizardo Sánchez said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes.
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes.
- JUNE 2, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. ‘THOUGHT IS FORBIDDEN’ OPENS IN MADRID
44 panels with the images of some of the 75 activists detained in March 2003 by the Castro regime in Cuba are part of the exhibition inaugurated in Madrid in the presence of the Euro MP Emma Bonino and City Councilor for Employment Ana Botella.
- MAY 20, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE “ASSEMBLY FOR THE PROMOTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA”
“Freedom, Rights and Democracy in Cuba” states a banner during the protest organized by the Radical Party outside the Cuban embassy in Rome.
- MAY 13, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. OLIVIERO TOSCANI’S EXHIBITION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CASTRO’S REGIME OPENS IN CADIZ
to keep public attention on the plight of political prisoners and the repression of dissent in Cuba two years after the wave of crackdowns, HOC, Con Cuba en la distancia and Reporters sans frontiers have promoted an exhibition in Cadiz by Oliviero Toscani
- APRIL 28, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EURO LAWMAKERS BLAST EU'S SOFTER LINE TOWARD CUBA
the European Union's legislative branch expressed its dissent with the executive over policy toward Cuba, condemning a shift seeking rapprochement with the Communist-ruled island that included suspension of diplomatic sanctions.
- APRIL 20, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 14, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
U.N. RIGHTS BODY KEEPS PRESSURE ON CUBA
the United Nations top human rights body backed a call by the United States to keep pressure on Cuba by renewing the mandate of a special investigator into alleged abuse there.