Romania
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 8, 1991, revised in 2003
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Senat) and Chamber of Deputies (Adunarea Deputatilor)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
86.8% Eastern Orthodox, 7.5% Protestants, 4.7% Catholics, other minorities including Muslims
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in 1989
The last execution was carried out in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2003RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania has ratified Protocol No 13 to the European...
Romania has ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- OCTOBER 25, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
A bill adopted aims to curb rising incidence of child...
A bill adopted aims to curb rising incidence of child abuse in this impoverished East European nation
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Romanian Government approved a bill ratifying Protocol...
The Romanian Government approved a bill ratifying Protocol No
- AUGUST 28, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 79 per cent of Romanians are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- MAY 3, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Romania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2002RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Romania (1991) at Art
The Constitution of Romania (1991) at Art
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The president of the opposition Greater Romania Party...
The president of the opposition Greater Romania Party (PRM) Corneliu Vadim Tudor called for the introduction of the death penalty for child murderers and rapists in a range of Romanian counties and for a certain period of time
- AUGUST 29, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase presented in Snagov a...
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase presented in Snagov a series of measures for the redress of the economic and social life in Romania including plans to reintroduce the death penalty for drug dealers
- MAY 5, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- APRIL 25, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Romania was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- JANUARY 22, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the Greater...
Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the Greater Romania Party (PRM, the second-biggest party in parliament,) presented the case of Romanian patriot Ilie Ilascu, currently a PRM senator, to the president of the European Democrats' Political Group, to w