Gabon
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- March 14, 1991
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on French civil law and customary norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Courts of Appeal; State Security Court
RELIGIONS
55-75% Christians, animists, Muslims less than 1%
From the country
- OCTOBER 15, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Two Gabonese jurists, Patricia Muriel Ogandaga and...
Two Gabonese jurists, Patricia Muriel Ogandaga and barrister Bertrand Homa Moussavou, called for the abolition of death penalty in the country
- APRIL 24, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Gabon abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Gabon abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Gabon retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes
Gabon retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Gabon has signed and ratified the statutes of the International...
Gabon has signed and ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent war crimes tribunal, that does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
Murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was applied for the first time in...
The death penalty was applied for the first time in Gabon on June 21, 1974 after the Libreville Criminal Court found a Gabonese citizen guilty of two murders
- JANUARY 1, 2003GabonDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 2002GabonDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 2001GabonDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 2000GabonDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection
- JANUARY 1, 1999GabonDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, espionage, coup d'état and insurrection