Sri Lanka
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES17
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 16, 1978, amended in December 2001
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- a combination of common law, Roman-Germanic law, Kandyan systems, and Jaffna Tamil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and Court of Appeal (judges appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
69.1% Buddhists, 7.6% Muslims, 15% Hindus, 8% Christians, 10% unspecified
From the country
- APRIL 3, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Hussain Assar Mohamad and Mohamad Saly Mohamad...
Mohamed Hussain Assar Mohamad and Mohamad Saly Mohamad Faumi, two smugglers who were found guilty of the possession of 223
- JANUARY 16, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
- JANUARY 9, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder...
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder of a fellow Sri Lankan while he was sleeping