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
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on a Congolese national for murdering two members of one family and staging three armed robberies in Mufulira in 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Constitution of 1996, Article 12, comma...
The Zambian Constitution of 1996, Article 12, comma 1, provides for the death penalty
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though...
Patriotic Front president Michael Sata said though Zambia had acceded to a number of international conventions, he would still put the issue of the death penalty to the people to decide
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Zambians were sentenced to death for armed robbery...
Two Zambians were sentenced to death for armed robbery - one for stealing a bicycle and the other for stealing about £70
- OCTOBER 26, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
High Court Judge Peter Chitengi, speaking at a two-day...
High Court Judge Peter Chitengi, speaking at a two-day seminar organised by the Human Rights Commission, said law enforcement officers in Zambia have a total disregard or "a deliberate and conscious conviction and a decision to ignore human rights
- OCTOBER 5, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Adam Tembo, 29 and Joseph Musonda, 25, two policemen,...
Adam Tembo, 29 and Joseph Musonda, 25, two policemen, both of Kamfinsa mobile unit were sentenced to death by Justice Rueben Mwape of the Kitwe High Court for armed robbery
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
One of the two senior policemen sentenced to death...
One of the two senior policemen sentenced to death for murdering a truck driver after hijacking a truckload of copper has appealed to Supreme Court against both conviction and sentence
- JULY 18, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI)demanded that the Zambian...
Amnesty International (AI)demanded that the Zambian government commute the death sentences given to the 59 soldiers convicted for the 1997 coup attempt
- JUNE 22, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the Zambian government...
Amnesty International urged the Zambian government to consider abolishing the death penalty, recalling that the country is signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human rights and the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights
- APRIL 27, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Reacting to press reports that death row prisoners...
Reacting to press reports that death row prisoners choked Kabwe's Mukobeko Maximum Prison, Fr
- APRIL 25, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia abstained from the resolution on the death penalty...
Zambia abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25 , 2001 (2001/68)
- JANUARY 1, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Constitution of 1996, Article 12, comma...
The Zambian Constitution of 1996, Article 12, comma 1, provides for the death penalty