Togo
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- September 27, 1992, provides for a multiparty system
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- common law system - refers to the French system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
indigenous beliefs 51%, Muslims 20%, Christians 29%
From the country
- APRIL 21, 2004TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Togo voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes.
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes.
- AUGUST 2, 2003TogoDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor...
Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth
- APRIL 24, 2003TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Togo voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes
- APRIL 25, 2002TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death...
Togo voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2002TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes
- MARCH 7, 2001TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo's government announced the establishment of a...
Togo's government announced the establishment of a four-man commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of extra-judicial executions during the 1998 presidential election campaign
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001TogoDEATH PENALTY
Investigators from the United Nations and the Organisation...
Investigators from the United Nations and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) said they were convinced that Togolese security forces, gendarmes and militias had murdered, tortured and raped people following the 1998 presidential elections
- JANUARY 1, 2001TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 14, 2000TogoDEATH PENALTY
The joint United Nations/Organisation of African Unity...
The joint United Nations/Organisation of African Unity (OAU) international committee of enquiry concluded its visit in Togo, where it was investigating allegations by the London-based Amnesty International that authorities had carried out extra-judicial e
- JUNE 7, 2000TogoDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations announced it would probe the murder...
The United Nations announced it would probe the murder of hundreds of people in Togo two years ago, allegedly by paramilitary forces after 1998 presidential elections