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 21, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
A four-day visit to Zambia by a delegation from the...
A four-day visit to Zambia by a delegation from the Italian Senate's Human Rights Commission and HOC officials marked the point of no return in the process towards abolition in the country judging from political commitments made and the huge public exposu
- OCTOBER 4, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Twelve bishops from the Roman Catholic Church, the...
Twelve bishops from the Roman Catholic Church, the biggest Christian denomination in Zambia, called on Lusaka to scrap the death penalty from its new constitution
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Salad Killian Mwiika, a 52-year-old farmer from Monze,...
Salad Killian Mwiika, a 52-year-old farmer from Monze, Zambia, walked to freedom after the Supreme Court quashed the death sentence handed to him by the Livingstone High Court after finding him guilty of three counts of murder
- JULY 1, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia released a second group of soldiers who were...
Zambia released a second group of soldiers who were serving jail sentences in connection with an attempted coup in 1997 against former president Frederick Chiluba, the state-run Zambia Daily Mail reported
- JUNE 29, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia has released 14 coup-plotters from prison after...
Zambia has released 14 coup-plotters from prison after President Levy Mwanawasa commuted their death sentences to various prison terms earlier this year, a statement said
- MAY 11, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian lawyer Kelvin Hang'andu was seeking to abolish...
Zambian lawyer Kelvin Hang'andu was seeking to abolish the death penalty in Zambia
- MAY 7, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death sentences of 15 prisoners who were convicted for murder and aggravated robbery
- APRIL 16, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Kitwe High court, Zambia, sentenced Gerthin Musonda,...
The Kitwe High court, Zambia, sentenced Gerthin Musonda, 28, John Mwenya, 21, Brian Lumamba, 28 and Mabvuto Phiri after convicting them of murdering taxi driver Obby Chama on January 12, 2003
- APRIL 11, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III on the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedom of the Individual.
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III on the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedom of the Individual.
- FEBRUARY 29, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Medardo Mazombwe and...
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Medardo Mazombwe and Zambia Episcope Conference (ZEC) general secretary Fr
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa quashed the death...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa quashed the death sentences imposed on 44 soldiers convicted of treason in 1999
- JANUARY 22, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia army officers and men at Gondar barracks near...
Zambia army officers and men at Gondar barracks near Chipata, a town 569km east of Lusaka, submitted to the Constitutional Review Commission to abolish the death penalty in the laws of Zambia and replace it with life imprisonment