Eswatini
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- absolute monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- signed by the King in July 2005, effective October 8, 2006
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on South African Roman-Dutch law and traditional customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and Assembly Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- High Court, Supreme Court, judges appointed by the King
RELIGIONS
40% Zionists, 20% Catholics, 10% Muslims, 30% other
From the country
- NOVEMBER 7, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND. BILL PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR HIV+ RAPISTS
according to the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Bill of 2005, presently a draft, rapists found to have infected their victims with HIV and AIDS would face death as the maximum sentence upon conviction by courts in Swaziland.
- APRIL 20, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
- APRIL 21, 2004EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death...
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No.67 of 1938, as amended in 1975, provides for a mandatory capital sentence for murder without extenuating circumstances.
- APRIL 24, 2003EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death...
Swaziland voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No
- AUGUST 13, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Acting Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister...
Acting Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Magwagwa Mdluli said that two prisoners were ready to be executed after losing their appeals for mercy last week
- APRIL 25, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Swaziland voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 17, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland has given up a global search for a hangman...
Swaziland has given up a global search for a hangman and is thinking of switching to lethal injection for its death row inmates to end a 19-year hiatus in executions, the justice minister said
- JANUARY 1, 2002EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution...
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution suspended in 1973
- DECEMBER 20, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
With a stroke of his pen, King Mswati commuted the...
With a stroke of his pen, King Mswati commuted the death sentences of four convicted murderers on November 13, and reduced the number of inmates on death row from 13 to nine