Greece
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 11, 1975; amended in March 1986 and April 2001
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, House of Representatives (Vouli ton Ellinon)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Judicial Court and Supreme Special Court; judges are appointed by the Head of State after consultation with the judicial council
RELIGIONS
98% Greek Orthodox; Muslim minorities, and others
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Greece voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL BACKS ITALIAN INITIATIVE
main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) leader George Papandreou had a telephone
- JANUARY 4, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTY
GREECE BACKS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Athens praised an initiative by the Italian government, within the United Nations framework, to abolish the death penalty around the world.
- JANUARY 2, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTY
GREECE. ATHENS BAR ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Athens Bar Association, on the occasion of the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, stressed the need for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2007GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
- JANUARY 1, 2006GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
- JULY 20, 2005GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2005GreeceDEATH PENALTY
GREECE. INAUGURATION OF OLIVIERO TOSCANI'S 'WE, ON DEATH ROW'
"We, on Death Row" is the name of Oliviero Toscani's photographic exhibition which opened at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Salonicco.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
- APRIL 21, 2004GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993.