Malawi
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- May 18, 1994
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- it is based on English common law and customary norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (according to the new constitution, a Senate was to be established in 1999)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- High Court; Supreme Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Court
RELIGIONS
79.9% Christians, 12.8% Muslims, other
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2024MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI GOVERNMENT DELAYS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION BILL
The Malawi Ministry of Justice has delayed tabling the bill on the abolition of the death penalty, despite last year’s commitment to present it in parliament this year, Channel Africa reported on August 22, 2024.
OCTOBER 12, 2023MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: GOVT SAYS DEATH PENALTY WILL BE ABOLISHED
Government through the Ministry of Justice has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating death penalty in the country saying the act is barbaric.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2021MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI: SUPREME COURT REVERSES DEATH PENALTY BAN
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeals on 20 August 2021 issued a ruling reversing its prior judgement that had declared the death penalty unconstitutional.
APRIL 29, 2021MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: SUPREME COURT RULES DEATH PENALTY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Malawi's highest court on 28 April 2021 outlawed the death penalty and ordered the re-sentencing of all convicts facing execution.
- JANUARY 1, 2020MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
DECEMBER 3, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ALBINO
The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced to death four people while four others have been handed life sentences for killing a 21-year-old woman with albinism in Dowa in 2016, the Nation reported on 2nd December 2019.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PERSON WITH ALBINISM
The High Court in Mchinji on 13 August 2019 sentenced to death three people who were convicted of killing a person with albinism.
JUNE 10, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: KILLER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALBINISM SENTENCED TO DEATH
Malawi’s high court on 7 June 2019 sentenced to death a man who murdered a young albino.
MAY 13, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BOY WITH ALBINIM
There has been a landmark court ruling in Malawi which has seen the first person sentenced to death for killing a teenager with albinism.
- JANUARY 1, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
- JANUARY 1, 2018MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
- JANUARY 1, 2017MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...