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
- OCTOBER 22, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian journalist was condemned to death for spying...
A Jordanian journalist was condemned to death for spying for a "foreign country" by Qatar's supreme court, said his lawyer Issa al-Manai
- OCTOBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Assad Harb was hanged for murder
Assad Harb was hanged for murder
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death...
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of killing an on-duty police officer and injuring several others in a series of four armed robberies taking place in September 1998
- AUGUST 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said...
An editorial in English by Jordan Times web site said it appears that the brutal killing of women in the name of family honour continues despite all the efforts and the campaigns to eradicate this social phenomenon
- JUNE 3, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was...
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of robbing and murdering a woman in Amman in 2001
- MAY 12, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both...
A Jordanian woman and her Egyptian lover were both hanged at Sawaqah prison at dawn after being convicted of murdering the woman's husband
- MARCH 24, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Mursi Mohammad was hanged for murder
Mursi Mohammad was hanged for murder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a...
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a Jordanian-American man to death after convicting him on charges that he planned to bomb tourist sites during millennium celebrations
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three more executions followed the first two hangings...
Three more executions followed the first two hangings in Jordan in 2002 on February 6
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were...
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- JANUARY 1, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder and rape are capital crimes
Murder and rape are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
On december 14, 2001, the Jordanian cabinet changed...
On december 14, 2001, the Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called honour crimes - when a man kills a woman relative accused of dishonouring the family - doing away with an exemption from the death penalty for those convicted