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
- JULY 27, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 27, the High Criminal Court in Amman condemned...
On July 27, the High Criminal Court in Amman condemned to death Osama Al-Ozza and Muhammad Al-Hassar, two Jordanians both aged 25, for murdering a Saudi father, Saeed Al-Atwi, and his 20-year old son Jamal, at Ghamadan Park in Amman three years ago
- JULY 22, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Jordan signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JULY 2, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia...
On July 2, a Jordanian man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- MARCH 15, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, a military tribunal sentenced to death...
On March 15, a military tribunal sentenced to death by hanging Mohammad Jaghameen, 35, and Ahmad Subuh, 34, who remains a fugitive, for a killing spree that left more than 10 people dead in 1998
- MARCH 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
In March, Ahmad Najdawi, a well-experienced lawyer...
In March, Ahmad Najdawi, a well-experienced lawyer said that laws need comprehensive revision
- JANUARY 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder and rape are capital crimes
Murder and rape are capital crimes