Uruguay
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional republic
- CONSTITUTION
- February 1967, amendments approved by a referendum on January 7, 1997
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Spanish system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the president and elected for ten years by Parliament
RELIGIONS
Catholic majority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2009UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
- JANUARY 1, 2008UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
- DECEMBER 18, 2007UruguayDEATH PENALTY
Uruguay voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Uruguay voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
- JANUARY 1, 2006UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
- APRIL 20, 2005UruguayDEATH PENALTY
Uruguay was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Uruguay was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
- APRIL 21, 2004UruguayDEATH PENALTY
Uruguay was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Uruguay was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone.’
- MAY 3, 2003UruguayDEATH PENALTY
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian...
It was decided that El Said Hassan Al-Mokhis, an Egyptian citizen arrested in Uruguay in 1999, be extradited to his homeland to face charges for the 1997 massacre of 22 European tourists at Luxor Temple
- APRIL 24, 2003UruguayDEATH PENALTY
Uruguay was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Uruguay was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay at Art
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay at Art