government: presidential republic
state of civil and political rights: Not free
constitution: 12 November 1995; amended 2002, 2009, 2016
legal system: civil law system; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration
legislative system: unicameral National Assembly (Milli Mejlis)
judicial system: Supreme Court (consists of the chairman, vice chairman, and 23 judges in plenum sessions and organized into civil, economic affairs, criminal, and rights violations chambers); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); Courts of Appeal (replaced the Economic Court in 2002); district and municipal courts
religion: Muslim 97.3% (predominantly Shia), Christian 2.6%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1 (2020 est.)
death row:
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:
situation:
