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
- JANUARY 1, 2003LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason,...
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and certain drug crimes
- JULY 26, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
London-based rights group Amnesty International accused...
London-based rights group Amnesty International accused Laos of stripping the most basic of human rights from prisoners and said torture was widespread and routine in prisons
- JUNE 19, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers...
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers to death
- JANUARY 1, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason,...
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and certain drug crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
On april 9, 2001 Laos closed its National Assembly...
On april 9, 2001 Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly debated amendment to the country´s 1990 criminal code that introduced the death penalty for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 31, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit...
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit and Puangkaew Sirisopa, both from Laos nationals, to death for smuggling 359,840 speed pills from Laos into the Thai Peon Pisai district, Nong Khai, on April 20, 2001
- APRIL 9, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly...
Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly debated amendment to the country´s 1990 criminal code that introduced the death penalty for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 1, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason,...
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and certain drug crimes
- JUNE 7, 2000LaosDEATH PENALTY
Bounthanh Thammavong, the leader of the Laotian Executive...
Bounthanh Thammavong, the leader of the Laotian Executive Council for Independence and Democracy, asked Poland for help in preventing the Vietnamese intervention in Laos
- MARCH 13, 2000LaosDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Lai Chau, Vietnam, gave a death...
The People's Court in Lai Chau, Vietnam, gave a death sentence to Luong Van Pan, a Laotian, for drug trafficking in November 1998