Myanmar (Burma)
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- military
- CONSTITUTION
- May 10, 2008
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- limited, dependent on the executive
RELIGIONS
89% Buddhists; Hindu, Muslim, and Christian minorities
From the country
- JULY 22, 1999Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Myanmar signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
On February 1, a local court in South China handed...
On February 1, a local court in South China handed down sentences ranging from imprisonment to death for 14 Myanmarese pirates charged with raiding a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 19 crew members adrift in the Andaman Sea
- JANUARY 1, 1999Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
Myanmar was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
High treason and premeditated murder are capital crimes
High treason and premeditated murder are capital crimes