Laos
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- August 14, 1991, amended in 2003
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on customary norms and the French system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme People's Court
RELIGIONS
65% Buddhist; 33% Animist; Christian minorities
From the country
- AUGUST 7, 2006LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. BOKEO COURT PROVIDES DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
it was reported that the Primary People's Court of Bokeo province, Laos, sentenced to death Ms Bouavanh, 40, for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. LAOS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Quang Ninh provincial first instance court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Xom Phon, a 30-year-old Laotian, for trafficking over 70 cakes of heroin and 4,000 tablets of Methamphetamine from Lao to northern Quang Ninh province late in 2005.
- JANUARY 1, 2006LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. TWO TAIWANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Lao court sentenced to death two Taiwanese men for drug trafficking.
- JULY 13, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Laos, which is not believed to have carried out an execution for more than a decade, passed death sentences on two drug traffickers, the official KPL news agency said.
- JUNE 2, 2005Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
the Lao People's Court of Vientiane have given the death penalty to six people...
the Lao People's Court of Vientiane have given the death penalty to six people...
- MAY 25, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. FIVE HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR SMUGGLING AMPHETAMINES
five people were sentenced to death and four more handed life prison sentences in Laos after one of the country's biggest ever drug trafficking cases, the foreign ministry said.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
Inpaeng Thammasaeng, 42, was sentenced to death
Inpaeng Thammasaeng, 42, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
- APRIL 12, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
- MARCH 11, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
- JULY 1, 2003LaosDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to...
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to death for intending to sell illegal drugs in the kingdom