Nepal
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal democratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- November 9, 1990; a new interim constitution was promulgated in January 2007. Since 2008, a specially elected constituent assembly has been working on a new constitutional text
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on Hindu principles and common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral constituent assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, president appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council and other judges on the recommendation of the Judicial Council
RELIGIONS
80.6% Hindus, 10.6% Buddhists, 4.2% Muslims, other
From the country
- DECEMBER 31, 2008NepalDEATH PENALTY
Qatar’s Supreme Court of Justice ordered the retrial of three Asian men, two Indians and a Nepali, who were handed the death penalty six months ago
Qatar’s Supreme Court of Justice ordered the retrial of three Asian men, two Indians and a Nepali, who were handed the death penalty six months ago
- MAY 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CHINESE COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF NEPALESE PAIR
a Chinese court commuted the capital punishment for two Nepalis who were convicted in a case of drug trafficking to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 14, 2008NepalDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DOLMA’S DEATH SENTENCE APPEALED
Prakash Kumar Subedi, deputy chief of a Saudi Arabia based Nepali mission said that Dolma Sherpa, a Nepalese woman sentenced to death for murder, appealed the verdict in an appellate court in Kuwait.
- JANUARY 3, 2008NepalDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: NEPALI WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KUWAIT
a female Nepali domestic helper who claims to be innocent was sentenced to death in Kuwait.
- JANUARY 1, 2008NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states:
- DECEMBER 18, 2007NepalDEATH PENALTY
Nepal voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Nepal voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 2, 2007NepalDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE IN ABSENTIA FOR NEPALI IN KUWAIT
the Criminal Court presided by Judge Wael Al-Atiqi, in Kuwait, listened to the argument of the lawyer for a Nepali woman, identified as Dolma S., who was convicted of the premeditated murder of a Filipino housemaid at the house of their sponsor and senten
- JANUARY 1, 2007NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states:
- DECEMBER 30, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL CONDEMNS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, SADDAM EXECUTION
barely hours after the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed, Nepal’s government expressed its opposition to the death penalty, saying that capital punishment must be abolished worldwide.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. THREE FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a criminal court in Doha, capital of Qatar, sentenced two Nepalese and an Indian to death after they were found guilty of forcing an Indonesian maid into prostitution and killing her. A fourth man of Nepalese nationality was sentenced to imprisonment for
- JUNE 27, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. AUTHORITIES TO EXECUTE 16 DRUG OFFENDERS, INCLUDING 10 FOREIGNERS
Indonesian authorities were preparing to execute 16 people on death row for drug trafficking, an official said.
- JANUARY 1, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states:
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states: