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
- DECEMBER 7, 2010CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA COMMUTES ANOTHER BOMBER'S DEATH SENTENCE
For the second time this month, the Cuban Supreme Court commuted the death
DECEMBER 4, 2010CubaDEATH PENALTYCUBA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES BOMBER'S DEATH SENTENCE TO 30 YEARS
Cuba has commuted the death sentence of a Salvadoran man convicted of killing an Italian
- JANUARY 1, 2010CubaDEATH 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2009CubaDEATH 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.
- AUGUST 12, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA: SENTENCES COMMUTED BUT TREATMENT STILL HARSH
prisoners in Cuba who were facing the death penalty but had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment or 30 years in jail are still being treated like death row inmates, a dissident organisation complained.
- APRIL 30, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
REACTIONS TO CUBA’S COMMUTATION OF DEATH PENALTY
Cuban President Raúl Castro’s announcement that virtually all death sentences would be commuted to terms of 30 years to life was welcomed by social sectors calling for the abolition of capital punishment.
- APRIL 29, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. D'ELIA, COMMUTATION OF DEATH SENTENCES AN IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN ACT
"we are happy that President Raul Castro has commuted almost all death sentences in Cuba," Sergio D'Elia, Hands Off Cain Secretary, said.
- APRIL 28, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA'S RAUL CASTRO COMMUTES MOST DEATH SENTENCES
New Cuban President Raul Castro announced that all death sentences had been commuted to prison terms o
- JANUARY 1, 2008CubaDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba abstained on the Resolution...
Cuba abstained on the Resolution...
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA: TALKS WITH EU POSSIBLY INCLUDE DEATH PENALTY
military tribunals that tried serious cases of murder and kidnapping in the last few weeks in Cuba have opted for life sentences or 30-year prison terms instead of the death penalty, which has not been applied in this country in more than four years in a
- AUGUST 30, 2007CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. DEATH PENALTY OPPONENTS ENCOURAGED BY NO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN PRISON UPRISING CASE
four men involved in a prison uprising that killed two military officers have been