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
MAY 26, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: SATA PARDONS 615 IN-MATES
Zambia President Michael Chilufya Sata has pardoned 615 inmates with minor offenses countrywide while 113 have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
- MAY 20, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the Ndola High Court, in Zambia, has sentenced a 46-year-old man
the Ndola High Court, in Zambia, has sentenced a 46-year-old man
- APRIL 18, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the National Constitution Convention in Lusaka voted to retain the death sentence
the National Constitution Convention in Lusaka voted to retain the death sentence
APRIL 18, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: DEATH PENALTY RETAINED IN THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION
the National Constitution Convention in Lusaka voted to retain the death sentence, which is in clause
APRIL 16, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HRC HAILS REJECTION OF DEATH PENALTY
In Zambia, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has commended delegates to the Bill of Rights
MARCH 2, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: KILLER MOM TO HANG
In Zambia, a 24-year-old Kabwe woman who murdered her baby by throwing it
JANUARY 17, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: ‘UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCE’
In Zambia, delegates to the Luapula Province constitution convention adopted Article 28 (3) which
- JANUARY 1, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
- DECEMBER 6, 2012ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Kitwe High Court, in Zambia, has sentenced a security guard to death for murdering
NOVEMBER 9, 2012ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO MURDERERS
In Zambia, the Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe has upheld the death sentence slapped on two men of
- NOVEMBER 7, 2012ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
three men of Luanshya walked to freedom after the Supreme Court
three men of Luanshya walked to freedom after the Supreme Court
OCTOBER 12, 2012ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: MAN WHO MURDERED HIS WIFE FOR REFUSING TO COOK NSHIMA FOR HIM SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Zambia, a thirty-year-old man in Chingola was sentenced to death for the