Fiji
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- July 25, 1997, effective from July 28, 1998
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the British system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Magistrates' Courts
RELIGIONS
majority Methodist; 34% Hindu, 7% Muslims
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2010FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2009FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2008FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- DECEMBER 18, 2007FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Fiji abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2006FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- JULY 7, 2005FijiDEATH PENALTY
FIJI. MAJORITY FAVOUR DEATH PENALTY, POLL
a snap poll was conducted on the streets of Suva and Lautoka over sentences handed out be Fiji's justice system.
- JANUARY 1, 2005FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- APRIL 12, 2004FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
Fiji abolished the death penalty for treason and piracy in February 2002
- JUNE 27, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
Timoci Silatolu and Jo Nata, convicted of treason,...
Timoci Silatolu and Jo Nata, convicted of treason, were sentenced to life imprisonment with heavy minimum terms to serve for their role in Fiji's 2000 coup
- MAY 28, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
Apisai Tora, a leading Fiji Government senator, called...
Apisai Tora, a leading Fiji Government senator, called for sex offenders to be stoned to death or castrated and banished
- MARCH 21, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
A Fiji High Court judge said he could not sentence...
A Fiji High Court judge said he could not sentence two convicted coup plotters because he wasn't certain whether the South Pacific nation had formally abolished the death penalty as the government said it had