Sudan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 30, 1998, partially suspended in 1999 by President Bashir. The Interim National Constitution was ratified on July 5, 2005. The Constitution of South Sudan was signed in December 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National Legislature composed of the Council of States and the National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court of nine judges; National Supreme Court; National Appellate Courts;
RELIGIONS
70% Sunni Muslims, 5% Christians, 25% indigenous beliefs
From the country
- JULY 17, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The special court in Nyala town, South Darfur State,...
The special court in Nyala town, South Darfur State, has sentenced 87 convicts to death and imprisonment of one accused for 10 years and acquitted eight defendants due to lack of evidence
- JULY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
International human rights groups expressed concern...
International human rights groups expressed concern over what they describe as a "sharp increase" in death sentences in 2002 in the Darfur region of western Sudan
- JUNE 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned...
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned for the physical and psychological integrity of the 14 men that have been identified as having been sentenced to death
- JUNE 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of OMCT (World Organization...
The International Secretariat of OMCT (World Organization Against Torture) was informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, of the names of 14 prisoners charged with armed robbery who are awaiting execution, in
- JUNE 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, that 12 prisoners that were charged with armed robbery were hanged on May 22nd
- JUNE 4, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-five south Sudanese students were given a four-month...
Twenty-five south Sudanese students were given a four-month suspended sentence for celebrating the founding of the main rebel group in Sudan's civil war, defence lawyers said
- MAY 22, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university...
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university students on charges including trying to overthrow the government, which can carry the death penalty, the pro-government Akbar al-Youm newspaper reported
- APRIL 25, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death...
Sudan voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 28, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan admitted for the first time that a young Christian...
Sudan admitted for the first time that a young Christian woman had been condemned to death by stoning for adultery
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) received information from the Sudanese Victims of Torture Group (SVTG), a member of the OMCT network, that on 24 January 2002, a sentence of amputation of the right hand was ex
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan might have Sharia but a woman judge says that...
Sudan might have Sharia but a woman judge says that her society is changing
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that...
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that the time may be right for the launch of an international campaign of protest against Sudan for violating human rights, according to reports from the Rome-based international news agency Zenit, which s