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
- JANUARY 1, 2012MalawiDEATH 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, 2011MalawiDEATH 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, 2010MalawiDEATH 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...
- JULY 19, 2009MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWIANS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
the majority of Malawians preferred the death penalty over any other form of punishment, according to a study by the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament.
- APRIL 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAWIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY IN S CHINA CITY
a Malawian man received the death penalty with a two-year reprieve for trafficking more than 1,140 grams of heroin into China. The Intermediate People's Court of Guilin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, handed down the sentence. M
- JANUARY 1, 2009MalawiDEATH 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, 2008MalawiDEATH 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 18, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Malawi abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN URGES MALAWI TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY: EMBASSY
Britain urged Malawi to abolish capital punishment, still a contentious issue here after the poor southern African nation issued a moratorium on executions 15 years ago.
- APRIL 27, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI COURT RULES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Malawi, the Constitutional Court sitting in Blantyre declared that mandatory death
- FEBRUARY 19, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
CHIRADZULU MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Blantyre, Malawi, sentenced a Chiradzulu man to death for brutally killing and cooking parts of his 11-year-old niece last year.
- JANUARY 1, 2007MalawiDEATH 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...