Jordan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1952, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Islamic law and French codes; review of legislative acts by a special High Court
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Majlis al-'Umma) and House of Representatives (Majlis al-Àauan)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Cassation, Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
majority Muslim, minority Christian
From the country
- DECEMBER 18, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Jordan voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 28, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED FOR AL-QAIDA MILITANT CONVICTED OF SLAYING A US DIPLOMAT
Jordan's military court commuted a 2004 death sentence against an al-Qaida
- NOVEMBER 5, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER IRAQ EMBASSY ATTACK
a military tribunal in Amman, Jordan, sentenced a Jordanian man to death for his role in the 2003 bombing of Jordan's embassy in Iraq, which killed 14 people.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JORDAN FOR MURDER
the Criminal Court in Amman, Jordan, sentenced Ahmad M., a 22 year old Egyptian man, to death after convicting him of murdering Midhat Ibrahim, 31, also an Egyptian, over JD200 in a deserted area in Wadi Seer in December, 2005.
- JULY 29, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. KING COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF SEVEN MILITANTS
Jordan's King Abdullah II commuted the death sentences of seven Islamic militants
- JULY 5, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Cassation in Jordan annulled...
the Court of Cassation in Jordan annulled...
- JUNE 18, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER OF WIFE
according to the “Jordan Times”, the Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced a 37 year old man...
- JUNE 12, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN'S APPEALS CRT COMMUTES SENTENCES FOR ATTACK PLOTTERS
Jordan's Appeals Court commuted death sentences issued by a military court in September 2000 against Khader Abu-Hosher, and his coconspirator Osama Samar.
- MAY 27, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Jordanian Court of Assizes sentenced two men to hang after convicting them of murder.
- MAY 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Jordan’s King Abdallah has commuted the death sentence...
Jordan’s King Abdallah has commuted the death sentence...
- MAY 7, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TOURIST MURDER
Jordan's Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence by hanging of a Jordanian blacksmith for killing a British tourist, a judicial source said. Nabil Ahmad Jaaoura, 38, shot dead Christopher Stokes and wounded six others in Amman in September 2006
- APRIL 24, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING FELLOW STUDENT
a male student who decapitated a colleague after he made sexual advances has been sentenced to death by Jordan's High Court, Al-Arab Al-Yom newspaper reported.