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
- AUGUST 16, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SOME CRIMES SYMBOLIC AT BEST, FIDH
the Jordanian Government's decision to abolish the death penalty for some crimes is a positive but insufficient step, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said as it released the preliminary findings of a fact-finding mission that visited
- AUGUST 1, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. GOV'T INTRODUCES BILL TO CURB CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Human rights activists praised the government's approval of a draft law that would eradicate the death penalty for certain crimes but stressed capital punishment should be abolished completely.
- JULY 24, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. GOVERNMENT RECONSIDERING DEATH PENALTY, SPOKESMAN
according to the “Jordan Times”, the government said it is planning to reconsider capital punishment in Jordan by limiting the cases to which the death penalty is applied, official sources said.
- JULY 9, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOTEL BOMBERS
the public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court demanded the death penalty for the suspected Iraqi female bomber Sajeda al-Rishawi and six other defendants over charges linked to the triple Amman hotel bombings on November 9.
- MARCH 22, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. NINE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Jordan sentenced to death nine Islamist militants for their part in 2002 riots in the southern city of Maan in which seven people were killed.
- MARCH 14, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE AND BABY
Jordanian authorities executed Adnan Ismail, a man convicted for murdering his wife and seven-month-old son, marking Jordan's third execution in four days.
- MARCH 11, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. TWO ISLAMIC MILITANTS EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF U.S. DIPLOMAT
Jordan executed two Islamist militants convicted of killing a US diplomat in Amman in 2002 in a rare move to implement a death sentence against security detainees.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TERROR PLOT
a military court sentenced nine men, including al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to death for a plot to carry out a chemical attack on the kingdom.
- JANUARY 16, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) confirmed for the fourth time the death penalty passed previously on two Islamists, Khader Abu Hosher and Osama Sammar, after condemning them for plotting to carry out acts of terrorism and manufacturing explosives.
- JANUARY 1, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.
Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 19, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. ZARQAWI LAWYERS ACCUSE JORDAN COURT OF TRIAL BY TELEVISION
defense lawyers for suspects accused of plotting a chemical bomb attack in Jordan on the orders of Al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi accused the court of conducting a trial by television.