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
- JUNE 23, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
two brothers convicted of robbing, murdering and then burning a banker...
two brothers convicted of robbing, murdering and then burning a banker in August 2001 were hanged at dawn at Swaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre, according to official sources.
- JUNE 16, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
a 31-year-old man convicted by the Criminal Court of Amman, of raping his niece, was executed at dawn at the Suwaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre.
- JUNE 14, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. THREE MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED ON SAME DAY
according to “Jordan Times”, three men, convicted of murdering three people in three separate incidents, were executed at dawn at Swaqa correctional and rehabilitation center on June 14.
- MAY 16, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. 27-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THREE MURDERS
according to the "Jordan Times", the Criminal Court sentenced a 27-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering three of his friends over a 10-year period.
- MAY 8, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT SENTENCES FUGITIVE ISRAELIS IN MURDER CASE
the Jordanian Supreme Criminal Court handed down sentences in absentia against three Israeli defendants after convicting them of premeditated murder, being an accessory to murder and inciting premeditated murder.
- MAY 2, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Jordan executed a Palestinian, a Jordanian and an Iraqi convicted of killing a jeweler during a robbery, a security official said.
- APRIL 4, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ISLAMISTS OVER ATTACK PLOTS
Jordan's state security court upheld death sentences against Abu Hoshar and Osama Sammar, two Islamist militants convicted of plotting attacks against Jewish and Western tourists during millennium celebrations.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MILITARY COURT RETRIES CONVICTED MILITANT
Jordan's state security court opened the retrial of Muammar Ahmed Yousef al-Jaghbeer, an al-Qaida-linked militant who has already been convicted and sentenced to death in absentia.
- DECEMBER 2, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan’s Criminal Court sentenced an Iraqi national, Nathem I., to death
Jordan’s Criminal Court sentenced an Iraqi national, Nathem I., to death
- OCTOBER 5, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Jordan has commuted the death...
The Court of Cassation in Jordan has commuted the death sentence passed against Raed Hijazi, a convicted Al Qaeda terrorist, to 20 years imprisonment, judicial sources said
- APRIL 12, 2004JordanDEATH 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.
- APRIL 6, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's state security court sentenced eight Islamic...
Jordan's state security court sentenced eight Islamic militants to death for killing US diplomat Laurence Foley in an assassination blamed on followers of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda