Qatar
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- absolute monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- ratified by public referendum on April 29, 2003, effective from June 9, 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil and Islamic codes there is a discretionary system controlled by the emir, although codes are being introduced; Islamic law has jurisdiction over personal and family matters
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Consultative Council (Majlis al-Shura)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- first instance courts, courts of appeal, and cassation. an administrative court and a constitutional court were established in 2007
RELIGIONS
77.5% Muslims, 8.5% Christians, 14% other
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2001QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses...
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses are capital crimes
- JUNE 14, 2000QatarDEATH PENALTY
Three Indians were executed for murder under Islamic...
Three Indians were executed for murder under Islamic Sharia law
- APRIL 26, 2000QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- JANUARY 1, 2000QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses...
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses are capital crimes
- NOVEMBER 21, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
On November 21, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad...
On November 21, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani expressed the hope that Pakistan's ousted premier Nawaz Sharif will not be executed
- OCTOBER 21, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
On October 21, the Public Prosecutor asked that all...
On October 21, the Public Prosecutor asked that all 119 defendants implicated in the coup d'état in 1996 against the Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, be beheaded
- JULY 22, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Qatar 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
- APRIL 28, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Qatar voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- JANUARY 1, 1999QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses...
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses are capital crimes