Madagascar
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- a new constitution was voted on by referendum on November 17, 2010, and promulgated on December 11, 2010
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- it is based on French civil law and traditional law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, composed of the National Assembly and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and High Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
52% Indigenous beliefs, 41% Christian, 7% Muslim
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2012MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
MADAGASCAR SCRAPS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
On the sidelines of the ongoing 67th UN General Assembly in New York, Madagascar President
- JANUARY 1, 2012MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
The last executions in Madagascar were carried out under French colonial rule in 1958.
The last executions in Madagascar were carried out under French colonial rule in 1958.