Samoa
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1962
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and local traditions; judicial review of legislative acts regarding civil rights
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Assembly (Fono)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Court of Appeals
RELIGIONS
34.8% Congregationalists, 20% Catholics, 15% Methodists, other
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Samoa voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2006SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2005SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- APRIL 21, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Samoa was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 12, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 22, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Members of Samoa's Parliament passed a law abolishing...
Members of Samoa's Parliament passed a law abolishing the death penalty in that South Pacific country
- JANUARY 16, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty,...
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty, which should not be in the law books if it is not going to be carried out, Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi told parliament when introducing the bill to delete the statute
- APRIL 17, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Ieu Pasi Leleimalefaga, 19, was sentenced to death...
Ieu Pasi Leleimalefaga, 19, was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Toesulu Solomona, a five-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Samoan justice department official said that...
A senior Samoan justice department official said that the brutal rape and murder of a five-year-old girl had been hijacked by the on-going debate on whether or not to execute the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962