government: parliamentary democracy
state of civil and political rights: Free
constitution: the 1991 Constitutional Law supplemented the 1922 constitution
legal system: based on civil law system with traces of Socialist legal traditions and practices
legislative system: Unicameral Parliament (Saeima)
judicial system: Supreme Court, judges' appointments are confirmed by Parliament; Constitutional Court (judges' appointments are confirmed by Parliament)
religion: Lutheran majority; Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish minorities
death row:
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences:
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:
situation:
