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
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia has signed and ratified the statutes of the...
Zambia has signed and ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent war crimes tribunal
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, foresees the death...
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, foresees the death penalty in Part III on the Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedom of the Individual
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The last executions took place in 1997, when former...
The last executions took place in 1997, when former president Frederick Chiluba authorised the hanging of eight prisoners
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty be enforced in cases regarding high treason, murder and armed robbery
- NOVEMBER 28, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death Evans Mazuba...
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death Evans Mazuba and sent his two younger brothers to prison for the murder of an eight-year-old girl
- OCTOBER 16, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Lewanika, who sat at the Supreme Court with...
Justice Lewanika, who sat at the Supreme Court with judges Ireen Mambilima and Peter Chitengi, was delivering judgment in a matter in which William Chisha appealed against his conviction and death sentence for the murder of Abel Chikoma on February 14, 19
- AUGUST 16, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death a 36-year-old...
The Lusaka High Court sentenced to death a 36-year-old man who strangled a security guard to death and stole a fridge and goods worth K1
- JULY 12, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
In Zambia performing artists joined the battle against...
In Zambia performing artists joined the battle against the death penalty with two workshops for directors and playwrights
- JUNE 21, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Black Saints Arts stage their two man act play...
The Black Saints Arts stage their two man act play Kiss the Hangman at the Chingola Arts Society on June 29 and 30
- JUNE 4, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Supreme Court quashed a death sentence on...
The Zambia Supreme Court quashed a death sentence on a farm worker convicted of murdering his lover for alleged infidelity
- APRIL 25, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Zambia abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 5, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sitting in Ndola quashed the death...
The Supreme Court sitting in Ndola quashed the death sentence slapped on two unemployed men by the High Court and substituted it with a 20-year-jail term