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 4, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIANS PROTEST SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTION VERDICTS
Scores of Jordanians demonstrated in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Amman to protest
- AUGUST 7, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING MINOR
judges Ahmad Atoun, Nahar Ghazo and Mohammad Amarin of the Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced U.A., a 19-year-old unemployed man, to death for raping a 14-year-girl on June 3, 2010, to take revenge against the victim's brother who accused the defendant of
- APRIL 13, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN EXPECTED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
it is apparent that Jordan is moving towards abolishing the death penalty
- MARCH 3, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
"DEMOCRATIC" EGYPT SENDS APOSTATES TO THEIR DEATH
a major survey conducted in Egypt and in six other majority Muslim countries found an overwhelming majority in Egypt wanted those who commit adultery to be stoned and 84% wanted those who abandon the Muslim religion to be put to death.
FEBRUARY 17, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN GETS REDUCED SENTENCE FOR 'HONOUR' KILLING
a Jordanian court commuted the death sentence of a 43-year-old man for killing
- FEBRUARY 8, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: CASSATION COURT OVERTURNS POLICE OFFICER’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Court of Cassation in Jordan overturned the death sentence passed by the Police Court on November 16, 2010, against police Captain Ali Sardi for killing colleague Major Haidar Majali in his office at the Public Security Department (PSD) headquarters i
- JANUARY 27, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a Jordanian court commuted the death sentence of Akram for fatally stabbing his cousin to 10 years imprisonment.
- JANUARY 1, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.
Murder, rape, terrorist activist and arms and drugs-trafficking are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 21, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS FORMER EMPLOYER
the Criminal Court in Jordan, comprising judges Nayef...
- NOVEMBER 14, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
in Jordan, the Police Court sentenced Captain Ali Sardi to death for murdering a colleague.
in Jordan, the Police Court sentenced Captain Ali Sardi to death for murdering a colleague.
- OCTOBER 27, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN MAN GETS REDUCED SENTENCE FOR KILLING RAPED NIECE
a Jordanian man, Jamil, 41, was sentenced to death for killing his 16-year-old niece Abir...
- JUNE 10, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
'JILTED' JORDANIAN TO HANG FOR KILLING COUSIN
a Jordanian man said to have been jilted by his teenage cousin was sentenced to death for stabbing her to death during her wedding to another relative, a court official said.