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
- MARCH 18, 2000EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
After the decision of the High Court to hang 12 people...
After the decision of the High Court to hang 12 people on death row, John Gama, the High Court Registrar, said that the threats of bringing the noose back into Swaziland were nothing more than a form of shock treatment for criminals
- JANUARY 1, 2000EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution...
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution suspended in 1973
- JANUARY 1, 2000EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence was suspended in Swaziland in 1982,...
The death sentence was suspended in Swaziland in 1982, after an international outcry
- OCTOBER 1, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
In October, Swaziland's Minister of Health and Social...
In October, Swaziland's Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Phetsile Dlamini presented a Public Health Bill which calls for the death sentence for rapists with infectious diseases
- JULY 22, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
Swaziland signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Swaziland 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
- APRIL 12, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
On April 12, King Mswati III ruled out the abolition...
On April 12, King Mswati III ruled out the abolition of the death sentence in Swaziland saying the threat that necessitated capital punishment in the country still existed and although no hangings had taken place in the country in the past 18 years, the s
- JANUARY 1, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution...
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution suspended in 1973