Slovakia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- 1 gemmao 1993; changed in 1998, amended in 2001
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- civil law based on Austro-Hungarian codes
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council); Constitutional Court (judges appointed by the President from a group approved by the National Council); Special Court (judges elected by a council of judges and appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
68.9% Catholics, 10.8% Protestants, other minorities
From the country
- JUNE 18, 2008SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CRITICISES SLOTA'S DEATH PENALTY STANCE
Amnesty International Slovakia (AIS) welcomed the disapproving stance of Prime Minister Robert Fico towards Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Jan Slota's statements calling for an intensification of discussions on capital punishment in Europe.
- JANUARY 1, 2008SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Slovakia voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
SLOVAK COURT CHANGES NIZNANSKY'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE SENTENCE
the Regional Court in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, changed the original death sentence handed down to alleged war criminal Ladislav Niznansky to a life sentence in order bring the verdict into line with the country’s laws. Niznansky, a German citizen since
- JANUARY 1, 2006SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- JULY 25, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY WANT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
a poll carried out in Slovakia by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 percent of respondents were in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 percent said they welcomed the 2004 introduction of the “three strikes you’re out” sys
- APRIL 20, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 21, 2004SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 8, 2004SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990.
- APRIL 24, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovakia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva