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, 2006MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- APRIL 20, 2005MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Mauritania voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Mauritania voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2005MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Mauritania concluded its largest-ever trial, issuing guilty verdicts to 84 people and acquitting more than 100 others...
Mauritania concluded its largest-ever trial, issuing guilty verdicts to 84 people and acquitting more than 100 others including a former president accused of bankrolling three plots to overthrow President Maaouiya Ould Taya.
- JANUARY 13, 2005MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
defence lawyers in the trial of 195 people accused of plotting...
defence lawyers in the trial of 195 people accused of plotting...
- JANUARY 6, 2005MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
a state prosecutor in Mauritania requested the death penalty for...
a state prosecutor in Mauritania requested the death penalty for...
- JANUARY 1, 2005MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- APRIL 21, 2004MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Mauritania voted against the resolution on the death...
Mauritania voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2003MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital...
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital...
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2001MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital...
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders from twenty states and 19 religious...
Religious leaders from twenty states and 19 religious organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urging that the U