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
- DECEMBER 18, 2007GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemala voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Guatemala voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- OCTOBER 17, 2007GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Guatemala commuted a death sentence handed down in 1999 to
- OCTOBER 1, 2007GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO REVIVE DEATH PENALTY
the two presidential candidates in Guatemala’s November 4 runoff election have
- JANUARY 1, 2007GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide...
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.