Mauritania
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- July 12, 1991
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- combination of French law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Majlis al-Shuyukh) and National Assembly (Majlis al-Watani)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
100% Muslim
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2020MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2019MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- JUNE 9, 2018MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
THE DEATH PENALTY AT THE HEART OF THE DEBATES OF THE 62ND ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
The 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR),
- MAY 11, 2018MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN UNION RIGHTS GROUP URGES MAURITANIA 'REVIEW' BLASPHEMY LAW
The African Union's human rights body has called on Mauritania to "review" a draft law that applies the death penalty for blasphemy as global outrage grows over the imprisonment of a young blogger.
- JANUARY 1, 2018MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2017MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA BROADENS DEATH PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMY
Showing repentance will no longer prevent the death penalty from being applied for blasphemy and apostasy, Mauritania said, as the conservative Muslim nation hardens up its religious laws.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2017MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
From death sentence to freedom: Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed
9 November 2017: Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed, a Mauritanian blogger sentenced to death in 2014 for "blaspheming" the Prophet in a blog post, was finally freed. Detained for the past three years, Mohamed was released after an appeal court in the northern c
NOVEMBER 9, 2017MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: BLOGGER SENTENCED TO DEATH IS RELEASED ON APPEAL
An appeals court in Mauritania has released a blogger who had been sentenced to death for an online post deemed blasphemous by authorities.
- JANUARY 1, 2017MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
APRIL 21, 2016MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 'BLASPHEMOUS' BLOGGER
An appeal court in the west African state of Mauritania has upheld the death sentence of a blogger accused of blasphemy, a judicial source told AFP.
- JANUARY 1, 2016MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
JULY 16, 2015MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: COURT SLAMS DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO RAPISTS OF UNDER-AGED GIRL
Two people convicted of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Mauritania were given the death