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
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close...
A court in Tibet sentenced two Nepalese to death, close on the heels of an outcry in Nepal over the same punishment awarded to two more Nepalese in an earlier case
- JULY 18, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Stung by international criticism, China announced it...
Stung by international criticism, China announced it was holding a retrial of two Nepalese on death row but warned this should not be used as an excuse to target the Chinese judicial system
- JULY 8, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri...
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri Shrestha, who was facing a death sentence in China, was innocent
- JULY 2, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the China government sentenced...
It was reported that the China government sentenced to death to two Nepalese nationals and gave another 15 years' imprisonment after convicting them of drug trafficking
- MAY 26, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances"...
Torture, extrajudicial executions and "disappearances" in Nepal, gripped by a deadly Maoist insurgency, had escalated since peace talks collapsed in August 2003, Amnesty International said in its annual report
- APRIL 21, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Nepal voted in favour of the resolution on the death...
Nepal voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 12, 2004NepalDEATH 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:
- MARCH 4, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among...
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among 23 persons sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in Indonesia since the country enacted strong laws to curb drugs trafficking in 1997
- MAY 9, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
Kioual Man Limbou, a Nepalese man convicted of murder,...
Kioual Man Limbou, a Nepalese man convicted of murder, was publicly beheaded by sword in Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 2, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UN Human Rights Commission held...
In occasion of the UN Human Rights Commission held in Geneva, the European Union expressed concern at human rights violations perpetrated with impunity in Nepal, including extrajudicial executions, torture, rapes, disappearances and arbitrary detention
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- JANUARY 16, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death...
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death for murdering five members of a family in India in 1996