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
MARCH 23, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
The Criminal Court sentenced a woman to death after convicting her of murdering her husband in Balqa governorate, in May 2014.
MARCH 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MASS HANGING AS 15 PUT TO DEATH
Jordan executed 15 people including 10 convicted on terrorism charges ranging from an attack a decade ago on Western tourists to the slaying of a writer, a judicial source and the government spokesman Mohammad al Momani said.
FEBRUARY 6, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: COURT SENTENCES FIVE TO DEATH OVER IRBID ATTACK
Jordan's Court of Cassation upheld death sentence by hanging against 5 members of the "Irbid terrorist cell" case.
JANUARY 31, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: COURT OF CASSATION APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE OF AUTHOR’S KILLER
Jordanian Court of Cassation, highest judicial committee in Jordan, upheld December’s State Security
- JANUARY 1, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
- DECEMBER 28, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: FIVE MEMBERS OF ISIL CELL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERROR
A Jordanian court sentenced five members of an ISIL cell to death by hanging for acts of terrorism.
DECEMBER 26, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: FOUR JORDANIANS GIVEN DEATH PENALTY OVER DRUGS KILLING
A state security court sentenced four Jordanians to death for murdering a member of the security forces involved in the fight against drugs trafficking, a judicial source said.
- DECEMBER 20, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: SECURITY COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF SLAIN WRITER NAHED HATTAR
Jordan's Deputy Director General of the State Security Court sentenced the killer of writer Nahed Hattar to death by hanging, al-Ghad newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 4, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FIVE INTELLIGENCE AGENTS IN PALESTINIAN CAMP
A Jordanian court sentenced a man to death for killing five intelligence agents in their office in a Palestinian
- FEBRUARY 21, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OFFICERS
The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced three men to the death penalty for murdering two police officers and a gendarme lieutenant in two separate cases in Irbid and Maan.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: NEW SENTENCES TO DEATH WILL BE EXECUTED
Ammon News informed that new sentences to death will be executed, including 13 people who are
- JANUARY 1, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law
The legal system in Jordan is based on Islamic law