El Salvador
2026
STATUSAbolitionist for ordinary crimes
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- December 20, 1983
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on Roman and Anglo-Saxon systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
57% Catholics, 21% Protestants, other
From the country
- APRIL 20, 2005El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
El Salvador was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes
The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes