São Tomé & Príncipe
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- September 10, 1990
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Portuguese system with elements of customary law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the National Assembly
RELIGIONS
Catholic majority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2017São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe...
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- JANUARY 1, 2016São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2013São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2012São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2011São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2010São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2009São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 2008São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 18, 2007São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
Sao Tome and Principe voted in favour of the Resolution...
Sao Tome and Principe voted in favour of the Resolution...
- APRIL 20, 2005São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
Sao Tome and Principe was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Sao Tome and Principe was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2000São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
Sao Tome signed the Convention Against Torture and...
Sao Tome signed the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the 1st Optional Protocol to the ICCPR and the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- APRIL 28, 1999São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
Sao Tome was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Sao Tome was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)