Nauru
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 29, 1968
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- acts of Parliament and English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
76% Protestant; 24% Catholic
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2020NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2019NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2018NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2017NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
MAY 27, 2016NauruDEATH PENALTYNAURU: DEATH PENALTY REMOVED FROM STATUTE BOOKS
the Nauruan government announced that the country’s parliament had passed a number of laws updating its criminal code to bring it more into line with modern international human rights standards.
- JANUARY 1, 2016NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2015NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2014NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2013NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2012NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2011NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
- JANUARY 1, 2010NauruDEATH PENALTY
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.
No one has been put to death since independence in 1968.