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
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 3 EGYPTIANS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Three Egyptian men were sentenced to death on September 24, 2018 by the Criminal Court after being convicted of killing their compatriot in Amman in December 2015.
JULY 15, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO MURDERED NEIGHBOUR
The Court of Cassation has upheld a December Criminal Court ruling sentencing a 38-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering a man in Zarqa over old feuds in August 2014.
MAY 14, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DAESH AFFILIATION
A Jordanian military court sentenced a man to death and six others to lengthy prison sentences for belonging to Daesh (ISIS), judicial sources said.
JANUARY 19, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PREGNANT SISTER IN NAME OF ‘FAMILY HONOUR’
The Criminal Court sentenced two brothers to death after convicting them of the premeditated murder of their pregnant sister and her husband’s other wife at a farm in Balqa Governorate in November 2014.
JANUARY 14, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF MADABA TAXI DRIVER
The Criminal Court sentenced a 24-year-old man to death after convicting him of robbing and murdering a taxi driver in Madaba in June 2012.
- JANUARY 1, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
DECEMBER 24, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
The Court of Cassation upheld a Criminal Court ruling sentence a man to death after convicting him of murdering two people in Zarqa in 2012, a senior judicial source said.
DECEMBER 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 5 SYRIANS CONVICTED IN IS BLAST THAT LED TO JORDAN CLOSURE
Jordan's state security court has convicted five Syrians of helping Islamic State militants carry out a 2016 car bomb attack that led to the closure of the Syrian-Jordanian border.
- OCTOBER 20, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
the Human Rights Committee completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation
the Human Rights Committee completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation
OCTOBER 17, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN WHO RAPED AND KILLED A 7-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN BOY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a Syrian child in an Amman neighbourhood in July.
OCTOBER 12, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: BENGALI HOUSEMAID SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER MURDERING JORDANIAN COUPLE WITH AN AXE
A Bengali housemaid was sentenced to death by the Grand Criminal Court after being charged with the premeditated murder of an old couple in March.
- OCTOBER 2, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN COURT SENTENCE MAN TO DEATH
A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to death for killing two people and injuring others in a crime that took place in 2013 in Zarqa, central Jordan.