Iceland
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 17, 1944; amended multiple times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law based on the Danish system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament (Althing)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court whose judges are appointed for life by the Minister of Justice; eight district courts
RELIGIONS
majority Protestant
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Iceland voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
- JANUARY 1, 2006IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
- DECEMBER 21, 2005IcelandDEATH PENALTY
ICELAND. REYKJAVÍK TO LOBBY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the City Council of Iceland’s capital Reykjavík agreed that the city would take part in the fight against the death penalty by becoming a member of "Cities for Life - Cities Against the Death Penalty".
- APRIL 20, 2005IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
- APRIL 21, 2004IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
The death penalty was officially abolished in Iceland in 1928, but it had not been applied since 1830.
- APRIL 24, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Iceland was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Iceland had not been applied...
Capital punishment in Iceland had not been applied since 1830
- JANUARY 1, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Iceland (1944,...
The Constitution of the Republic of Iceland (1944, as amended in 1995) states at Art