government: presidential republic
state of civil and political rights: Partly free
constitution: 20 December 1983; amended 2003, 2009, 2014
legal system: civil law system with minor common law influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration
legislative system: unicameral Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa)
judicial system: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 15 judges, including its president, and 15 substitute judges organized into Constitutional, Civil, Penal, and Administrative Conflict Chambers); Appellate Courts; Courts of First Instance; Courts of Peace
religion: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 36%, other 2%, none 12% (2014 est.)
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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