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
- NOVEMBER 29, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba released a number of dissidents...
Cuba released a number of dissidents...
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
A pro-human rights group, the outlawed Cuban Commission...
A pro-human rights group, the outlawed Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHyRN), asked for a moratorium on the death penalty to be implemented in Cuba, the commutation of sentences already handed down and the banning of the
- OCTOBER 11, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba in March 2003 and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition in Rome to draw attention to their pl
- JULY 4, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba a year ago and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, the Tuscan Regional Government, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition to draw
- APRIL 26, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation...
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation in Cuba after its emergency debate, the European Parliament again called on the Cuban authorities to immediately release all political detainees
- APRIL 21, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Cuba abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 16, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
"The Theatre of the Absurd continues in Geneva," read...
"The Theatre of the Absurd continues in Geneva," read an editorial in The Miami Herald
- APRIL 15, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
The top UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed...
The top UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US backed resolution criticizing Cuba and calling on it to accept a visit by an international monitor
- APRIL 15, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US...
The UN Human Rights Commission narrowly passed a US backed resolution criticizing Cuba and calling on it to accept a visit by international observers
- APRIL 11, 2004CubaDEATH 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.
- MARCH 17, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued a statement calling on...
Amnesty International issued a statement calling on the Cuban government to release what it called "prisoners of conscience
- MARCH 9, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Two groups of Cuban dissidents announced they were...
Two groups of Cuban dissidents announced they were starting a campaign to gather petitions for a moratorium on the death penalty on the communist-ruled island