Uganda
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES1
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 8, 1995; amended in 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- in 1995 a common law and customary law system was reintroduced
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal and High Court
RELIGIONS
41.9% Catholics, 42% Protestants, 12.1% Muslims, other
From the country
- JANUARY 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA PRESIDENT PARDONS TOP AMIN LIEUTENANT
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pardoned one of former leader Idi Amin Dada's top lieutenants who had been on death row since 1987.
- JANUARY 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences