Zambia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1991, amended by Parliament on January 5, 2016 (a constitutional referendum was held on August 11, 2016, but participation was 44%, below the 50% threshold required)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on common law and customary law; review of legislative acts by an ad hoc constitutional council
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, High Court
RELIGIONS
50-75% Christians, 24-49% Muslims and Hindus, 1% indigenous beliefs
From the country
- OCTOBER 23, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
COP IN ZAMBIA GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BRITON
the Zambian Supreme Court sitting in Lusaka, sentenced a policeman to death for murdering a British national, Sharon Lee Jackman, three years ago.
- OCTOBER 11, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE FOR MOTHER IN-LAW MURDER
the Supreme Court in Zambia upheld the death sentence of a 51 year old man who raped and murdered his mother in-law on Christmas day in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Johnson Byabashaija, the manager of Ugandan jails is categorically...
Johnson Byabashaija, the manager of Ugandan jails is categorically...
- AUGUST 2, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 97 PRISONERS
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences of 97 prisoners who were on death row, according to a statement released in Lusaka
- APRIL 30, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. MWANAWASA MAINTAINES HE WILL NOT SIGN ANY WARRANTS TO HANG PEOPLE
In Zambia, President Levy Mwanawasa maintained that he will not sign any warrants to hang people that
- FEBRUARY 24, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the daily Times of Zambia reported that a parliamentarian asked the Justice Minister...
the daily Times of Zambia reported that a parliamentarian asked the Justice Minister...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. DEATH PENALTY WILL STAY ON STATUTE BOOKS - MINISTER
Justice Minister George Kunda told the Zambian Parliament that the death penalty will stay on the statute
- JANUARY 1, 2007ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
- DECEMBER 21, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. EIGHT ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
eight men were sentenced to death by hanging by the Ndola high court, Zambia, for aggravated robbery. Sentencing the eight, High court judge Florence Lengalengain dismissed their mitigation of being first offenders.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA COURT REJECTS PLEA TO SCRAP DEATH SENTENCES
Zambia's Supreme Court has rejected a petition by two death-row inmates who sought the abolition of capital punishment on the grounds that it went against "Christian values".
- MAY 11, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. TWO TO HANG FOR MURDER
the Kitwe High Court, Zambia, sentenced to death Evans Mumba, 42, and Ronald Mwaba, 24, after convicting them of murder.
- MAY 2, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS FOUR DEATH SENTENCES, COMMUTES A FIFTH
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld four death sentences passed by the High Court, including that of a police officer who killed three High School teachers in September 2001.