Morocco
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- March 10, 1972, revised on September 4, 1992 and amended in September 1996. A new constitution was approved by referendum on July 1, 2011
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on Islamic law and French law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Chamber of Counselors and Chamber of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2018MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco: justice pronounces a new death sentence
February 28, 2018: First instance criminal court at the Court of Appeal of Rabat sentenced to death a defendant for murder and mutilation of cadaver.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2018MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco counts 115 sentenced to death
19 February 2018: Morocco counts 115 condemned to death, has just indicated the president of the Prosecutor General Mohamed Abdennabaoui during a meeting with the ambassadors of the kingdom.
- JANUARY 16, 2018MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco: the murderer of a deputy sentenced to death
16 January 2018: A local Moroccan politician was sentenced to death
JANUARY 15, 2018MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: ABDELLATIF MERDAS’ MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hicham Mouchtari, accused of killing in March 2017 MP Abdellatif Merdas, has been sentenced to death, reports Media 24.
- JANUARY 1, 2018MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 8, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco: a deputy sentenced to death for the murder of four people
8 November 2017: a member of the Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) was sentenced to death by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal of Kénitra.
- OCTOBER 5, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Nador: the killer of a Moroccan couple living in Spain sentenced to death
October 5, 2017: the criminal division of the Court of Appeal of Nador has sentenced to death a young man for the murder of a couple of Moroccans living in Spain.
- AUGUST 19, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCAN KING PARDONS 415 CONVICTS ON EVE OF REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY
The Morocco's King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 415 convicts found guilty of terrorism, the Ministry of Justice said.
- MAY 29, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco: murderer of the Jewish couple sentenced to death
29 May 2017: The Criminal Chamber at Casablanca Court of First Instance announced that it would demand the death penalty against the gardener named Mustapha R, accused of the murder of two Moroccan citizens of Jewish confession a year ago, reports the Ara
FEBRUARY 6, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: HIGH RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE SAYS APOSTATES SHOULD NOT BE KILLED
Morocco’s High Religious Committee has retracted its Islamic ruling stating that apostasy is punishable by death and has decided to permit Muslims to change their religion.
- JANUARY 1, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty