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
- SEPTEMBER 17, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 17, Captain Stephen Lungu alias Captain...
On September 17, Captain Stephen Lungu alias Captain Solo was sentenced to death together with 58 soldiers for plotting and executing the October 28, 1997 coup against President Frederick Chiluba's Government
- SEPTEMBER 14, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 14, Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson...
On September 14, Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairperson Judge Lombe Chibesakunda said the trend internationally was to move towards the development of a principle of law that prohibits the imposition of capital punishment no matter what crime is involv
- SEPTEMBER 8, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
On September 8, Father Patrick Simutowe, a Catholic...
On September 8, Father Patrick Simutowe, a Catholic priest in Mpika, said that the Prisons Service was not reforming inmates but destroying them
- JULY 28, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 28, Zambia United Christian Action director...
On July 28, Zambia United Christian Action director Reverend John Jere said to deny the death penalty was to insist on life for evil, as murderers would be given the right to kill without getting an equal measure of punishment
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the CCJP called on the Government to reduce...
In February, the CCJP called on the Government to reduce the death penalty to life imprisonment in conformity with the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation
- JANUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
In January, ironically, the voice leading the call...
In January, ironically, the voice leading the call for the abolition of capital punishment was that of former President Kenneth Kaunda, who signed scores of death warrants during his 28-year reign
- JANUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian law provides for the death penalty for those...
Zambian law provides for the death penalty for those convicted of murder, treason and aggravated robbery