Guatemala
2026
STATUSAbolitionist for ordinary crimes
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 14, 1986, suspended in 1993, reintroduced and amended in November 2003
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil rights; judicial review of legislative acts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
Catholics, Protestants, indigenous Maya beliefs
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.
- APRIL 20, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemala abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Guatemala abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 6, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. DEATH PENALTY UNDER REVIEW
it was reported that Guatemala, one of the last Latin American nations with capital punishment, was considering doing away with it.
- JANUARY 1, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. ABOLITIONIST BILL POSSIBLE
despite a crime wave that has plagued Guatemala, pressure has been mounting from within the government, human rights activists and even from foreign diplomats to abolish capital punishment.