government: presidential republic
state of civil and political rights: Not free
constitution: 4 September 1992; amended 2006, 2008, 2010
legal system: mixed legal system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
legislative system: unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale), formerly the Chamber of Deputies
judicial system: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA magistrates); Constitutional Council (consists of 6 magistrates); High Court of Appeal; 5 Courts of First Instance; customary courts; State Court (replaced sharia courts in 2003)
religion: Sunni Muslim 94% (nearly all Djiboutians), other 6% (mainly foreign-born residents - Shia Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Baha'i, and atheist)
death row:
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (aiming to the abolition of the death penalty)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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