Senegal
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 7, 2001; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on French civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Parliament composed of the National Assembly and the Senate (reestablished in 2007)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court; Council of State; Final Appeals Court; Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
94% Muslims, 5% Christians, 1% indigenous beliefs
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2009SenegalDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: SENEGALESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Justice Mabel Maame Agyemang of the Banjul High Court in Gambia convicted and sentenced Salifu Nyang, a Senegalese national, to death for murdering his fellow Senegalese national one Alfonse Faye.
- JANUARY 1, 2008SenegalDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal was absent during the vote on...
Senegal was absent during the vote on...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SenegalDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2006SenegalDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
- JUNE 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
LAUNCH OF HOC’S 2005 REPORT: CIAMPI, CASINI, FINI, SALVI, BONINO AND D’ELIA
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi expressed “sincere appreciation of Hands Off Cain for its strong commitment to the consolidation in the international order of the modern humanist values founded on the protection of rights and the individual” in a m
- JUNE 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
SENEGAL PRESIDENT ABDOULAYE WADE PLEDGES TO LEAD IN AFRICA
“I shall endeavour to be a guide for the future, to create a future for Africa,” President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal said on receiving the Abolitionist of the Year Award. The award was presented to President Wade by the President of the Italian Chamber o
- JANUARY 1, 2005SenegalDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
On December 10, 2004 Senegal’s National Assembly, with a resounding majority, voted to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.
- DECEMBER 21, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
the EU welcomed the decision taken by the authorities of Senegal to abolish the death penalty.
the EU welcomed the decision taken by the authorities of Senegal to abolish the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 13, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
the Church in Senegal expressed satisfaction over...
the Church in Senegal expressed satisfaction over...
- DECEMBER 10, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal scrapped the death penalty for all crimes.
Senegal scrapped the death penalty for all crimes.