Lesotho
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- April 2, 1993
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English law, Roman law, and Dutch law; legislative acts reviewed by the High Court and Court of Appeal
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- High Court, Court of Appeal, Magistrates' Court, courts based on traditional practices
RELIGIONS
80% Christians, 20% indigenous beliefs
From the country
- JUNE 3, 2025LesothoDEATH PENALTY
13 COUNTRIES URGE LESOTHO TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lesotho has been urged by 13 countries to formally abolish the death penalty, maintain its de facto moratorium on executions, and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR-OP2), which seeks to e
NOVEMBER 11, 2022LesothoDEATH PENALTYLESOTHO: DEATH PENALTY FOR HIV RAPISTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, TOP COURT RULES
A decision by the constitutional division of Lesotho’s High Court has found controversial provisions in that country’s sexual offences law, unconstitutional.
- JANUARY 1, 2020LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2019LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2018LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2017LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2016LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2015LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- AUGUST 21, 2014LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Makhotso Molise, 47, one of the three murderers who brutally killed Senior Women Citizens
Makhotso Molise, 47, one of the three murderers who brutally killed Senior Women Citizens
- JANUARY 1, 2014LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2012LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes.