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
- APRIL 15, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency,...
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency, the campaign "Stop the Death Penalty Through Internet"
- JANUARY 1, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Greece has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Greece was carried out in 1972
The last execution in Greece was carried out in 1972
- JANUARY 1, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment...
Greece abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code in 1993
- AUGUST 5, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile...
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile reforms approved by Turkey's national assembly on August 3, including the abolition of the death penalty in peacetime
- AUGUST 5, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile...
Athens praised as a positive step several high-profile reforms approved by Turkey's national assembly on August 3, including the abolition of the death penalty in peacetime
- MAY 27, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple...
US national Peter Sedom, 32,who was serving multiple sentences, including a life-sentence for intentional homicide, excaped from Korydallos prison
- MAY 3, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Greece signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- APRIL 24, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The General Secretariat for Equality asked that Greece...
The General Secretariat for Equality asked that Greece officially intervene in the case of a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning on charges of adultery by a Muslim sharia court in Nigeria
- JANUARY 12, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation...
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation that a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning in the African country would be spared, Soula Panaretou, a member of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, said
- JANUARY 12, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other...
Greek Socialist, Anna Karamanou, and around sixty other MEPs wrote to the Nigerian Ambassador to the EU, Mr Akunwafor, demanding that the execution of Safiya Husaini Tungar-Tudu by stoning, for having committed adultery, is not carried out
- JANUARY 1, 2002GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece passed a law in 1993 which abolished the death...
Greece passed a law in 1993 which abolished the death penalty as a punishment applicable to offences defined in the Greek Penal Code