Togo
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- 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
- JANUARY 1, 2000TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999TogoDEATH PENALTY
On September 1, Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh...
On September 1, Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh left Togo at the beginning of a winding journey back to his homeland, which is ravaged by a civil war he started
- JULY 22, 1999TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Togo signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes