Mauritius
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- March 12, 1968, amended on March 12, 1992
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on French civil law and English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
48% Hindus, 32% Christians, 16% Muslims, other
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2010MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
- JANUARY 1, 2009MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
- JANUARY 1, 2008MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
the Mauritius voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
the Mauritius voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
- JANUARY 1, 2006MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act...
- DECEMBER 19, 2005MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
MAURITIUS. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY
the Mauritian branch of Amnesty International (AI) petitioned Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam demanding the scrapping of the death penalty in the island nation.
- APRIL 20, 2005MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act 1995 amended the Constitution to abolish the death penalty. No more death sentences were passed after 1995.
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act 1995 amended the Constitution to abolish the death penalty. No more death sentences were passed after 1995.
- APRIL 21, 2004MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act 1995 amended the Constitution to abolish the death penalty. No more death sentences were passed after 1995.
Mauritius has been abolitionist since 1995 when the Death Penalty Act 1995 amended the Constitution to abolish the death penalty. No more death sentences were passed after 1995.
- APRIL 24, 2003MauritiusDEATH PENALTY
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Mauritius was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva