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, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1979; the last execution was carried out in 1964
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International has called on authorities in...
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Fiji to prosecute those who suppressed the military mutiny in November 2000, as well as those who staged it
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed...
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed mutiny to death but court officials said the sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison
- OCTOBER 2, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji's attorney-general, Qoriniasi Bale, said he could...
Fiji's attorney-general, Qoriniasi Bale, said he could not see anything preventing the President from commuting the death penalty if 15 soldiers facing a court martial for mutiny were found guilty, adding that he was holding discussions with the minister
- JUNE 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Home Affairs Minister Joketani Cokanasiga said at Queen...
Home Affairs Minister Joketani Cokanasiga said at Queen Victoria School that government will remove the death penalty from the Military Act, before reviewing the cadet passing out parade
- JUNE 1, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Two key figures in Fiji's 2000 coup were to be charged...
Two key figures in Fiji's 2000 coup were to be charged with treason and could be sentenced to death following High Court rulings
- MARCH 9, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Attorney-General Qoriniasi Bale says confusion may...
Attorney-General Qoriniasi Bale says confusion may have arisen about the death penalty provision under the Military Act
- MARCH 6, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A bill to amend the military act will soon be introduced...
A bill to amend the military act will soon be introduced in parliament after the abolishment of the death penalty was enacted by the Upper House
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Members of the disbanded Counter Revolutionary Warfare...
Members of the disbanded Counter Revolutionary Warfare [CRW] unit charged with mutiny and appearing before a military court martial will face the death penalty if found guilty, the Fiji Military Forces legal counsel Lt-Col Mohammed Aziz confirmed
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fiji House of Representatives passed an amendment...
The Fiji House of Representatives passed an amendment removing the death penalty from the Penal Code
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Australian lawyers representing Fijian coup leader...
The Australian lawyers representing Fijian coup leader George Speight and his band of men spent a "terrible, sleepless night" after agreeing to a plea bargain in which Speight would plead guilty to the capital offence of treason so his men would receive l
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fiji government walked out of parliament following...
The Fiji government walked out of parliament following allegations made by Labour Party parliamentarian Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi that Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was also behind the May 2000 coup