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
- FEBRUARY 1, 2017SudanDEATH PENALTY
Darfur Crimes Special Court in Ad Diein, Nyala Issue Death Sentence for Two Convicts
February 2017: according to Sudan Vision, two were sentenced to death also for terrorism
- JANUARY 5, 2017SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan frees 25 S. Sudanese death-row inmates
5 January 2017: the twenty five inmates who were sentenced to death by the government of Sudan have been pardoned, says the Humanitarian Attaché at South Sudan’s Embassy in Khartoum.
- JANUARY 1, 2017SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
NOVEMBER 29, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: ARMY OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE IN SOUTH DARFUR
The South Darfur Special Crimes Court sentenced an army officer to death. After the accused was found
OCTOBER 27, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PRESIDENTIAL 'GOODWILL AMNESTY' FOR CONVICTED SPLM-N REBELS
Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir has issued a decision to drop the remaining sentences against the
OCTOBER 5, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: THREE CONDEMNED TO HANG IN BURAM, SOUTH DARFUR
The Criminal Court of Buram in South Darfur sentenced three men to death for armed robbery, murder, and grievous bodily harm.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT CONDEMNS 18 TRIBESMEN TO DEATH
The Khartoum North Criminal Court sentenced 18 people to death for their part in a 2014 tribal clash. The
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TRIAL TO RESUME FOR CHRISTIAN PASTORS WHO COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY
A trial was set to resume this week in Sudan for pastors accused of bringing Christian persecution to the
JUNE 23, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FOUR GUNMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN SOUTH DARFUR
A Sudanese court in Nyala, capital of South Darfur state, sentenced to death and life imprisonment four
APRIL 6, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 22 SOUTH SUDANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH
An anti-terrorism court in Khartoum sentenced 22 South Sudanese nationals to death and three others to life in prison for belonging to a militant group in Darfur.
- JANUARY 1, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
- DECEMBER 27, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: TWO POLICEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER PRISONER’S MURDER
A Sudanese court sentenced two policemen to death for the murder of a detainee in a Khartoum North