Oman
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- none
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law; the sultan has the power to grant clemency
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Upper House (Majlis ad-Dawla) and Lower House (Majlis ad-Shura)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Ibadhi Muslims 75%, other 25%
From the country
- JULY 17, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca...
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca Thompson, to death for murdering her husband
- JULY 17, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca...
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca Thompson, to death for murdering her husband
- MAY 18, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced...
A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced to death an Omani for smuggling in large amounts of hashish and opium, a newspaper reported
- MAY 8, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German...
An Omani court referred its secret verdict on a German woman physiotherapist, Dana Gerlish, and her alleged lover, a wheelchair-bound Omani, to the grand mufti, normal procedure for death sentences, a court source said
- APRIL 12, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman, which make reference to Sharia law.
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman, which make reference to Sharia law.
- JANUARY 1, 2003OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law
- JANUARY 19, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 1, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
On the 6th of March 1999, according to a royal decree,...
On the 6th of March 1999, according to a royal decree, Oman introduced the death penalty for drug traffickers and users in a move mainly aimed at halting the use of the Sultanate as a trans-shipment point for drug smugglers
- JANUARY 1, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the...
Executions cannot occur during public holidays or the Eid of the person sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug...
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug trafficking have been executed by firing squad at the main prison in al-Manouwama a suburb in the capital Muscat