Eritrea
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- a new constitution was adopted on May 23, 1997, but has not yet been implemented
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- mixed system based on civil, customary, and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, regional, sub-regional, and local courts.
RELIGIONS
Muslims, Copts, Catholics, and Protestants
From the country
- JULY 22, 1999EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Eritrea signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Eritrea signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital...
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital crimes