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, 2015MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
DECEMBER 24, 2014MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: FIRST APOSTASY DEATH SENTENCE
A 30-year-old Muslim man, Cheikh Ould Mohamed Ould Mkheitir, became the first person to be
- NOVEMBER 18, 2014MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
A Mauritanian appellate court upheld the death sentence for two terrorists convicted in the 2007 kidnapping
- JANUARY 1, 2014MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2012LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya's most-wanted man, former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi
Libya's most-wanted man, former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi
JULY 9, 2012MaliDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES 3 MALIANS TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Criminal Court of Nouadhibo, about 465 kilometres north of Nouakchott, the
- MAY 16, 2012MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR QAEDA ASSASSIN
A Mauritanian court upheld a death sentence handed to an Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
- JANUARY 1, 2012MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- JUNE 10, 2011MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called for the cancellation of the death sentences pronounced
Amnesty International called for the cancellation of the death sentences pronounced
MAY 24, 2011MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: 13 QAEDA PRISONERS MOVED TO SECRET SPOT
Thirteen members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, including eight on death row, were
- MARCH 20, 2011MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA: FOUR MAURITANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACK AGAINST ARMY
four Mauritanian Islamists who were convicted of terrorism were sentenced to death by the criminal