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:
situation:
