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 20, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's criminal court sentenced two Egyptian nationals...
Jordan's criminal court sentenced two Egyptian nationals to death, including one tried in absentia, after convicting them of robbing and murdering a compatriot in Amman in December 1998
- JANUARY 29, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old man, Bilal Mahmud, was sentenced to death...
A 24-year-old man, Bilal Mahmud, was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after he was found guilty of killing and burning a woman, Kayan Salih, in Irbid on June 23, 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder and rape are capital crimes
Murder and rape are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 9, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court,...
The public prosecutor of the State Security Court, Lt-Col Mahmud Ubaydat pressed several charges against Ra'id Muhammad Hasan Muhammad Hijazi, a former fugitive who had been sentenced to death in absentia by the State Security Court as a member of the Afg
- DECEMBER 7, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people...
Bilal Musa, convicted of robbing and murdering 11 people in 10 separate crimes during a five-year span, was hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn
- DECEMBER 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The State Security Court was to hold a retrial of Ra'id...
The State Security Court was to hold a retrial of Ra'id Hijazi, a member of the "Base" Organization led by Usamah Bin-Ladin
- DECEMBER 3, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over...
Judicial officials confirmed that Syria handed over Ra'id Hijazi to Jordan
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
A military court sentenced six of the men to death...
A military court sentenced six of the men to death for plotting a bombing campaign against Jews and Christians during the Millennium celebrations at the start of the year
- JUNE 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Iraq executed Dawud Sulayman al-Dalu, a Jordanian national...
Iraq executed Dawud Sulayman al-Dalu, a Jordanian national who was arrested in 1993 and was later sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for taking part in a plot against Iraq and its leadership
- JUNE 5, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Ayman al-Majali, Jordan's acting Foreign Minister,...
Ayman al-Majali, Jordan's acting Foreign Minister, summoned the Iraqi envoy in Amman and "expressed the Jordanian government's protest against and astonishment at the execution of Jordanian citizen Dawud Sulayman al-Dalu without a prior announcement of th
- MAY 31, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison...
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison after a 10-month trial at the State Security Court
- MAY 20, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing...
The Syrian journalist Faysal Sha'bu, who was residing in Jordan illegally and seeking political asylum, said he faced the death penalty if he decided to return to Syria