government: presidential republic

state of civil and political rights: Partly free

constitution: 12 July 1991; amended 2006, 2012, 2017

legal system: mixed legal system of Islamic and French civil law; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration

legislative system: unicameral Parliament (Barlamane) consists of the National Assembly (Al Jamiya Al Wataniya)

judicial system: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (subdivided into 7 chambers: 2 civil, 2 labor, 1 commercial, 1 administrative, and 1 criminal, each with a chamber president and 2 councilors); Constitutional Council (consists of 9 members); High Court of Justice (consists of 9 members); Courts of Appeal; courts of first instance or wilya courts are established in the regions' headquarters and include commercial and labor courts, criminal courts, Moughataa (district) Courts, and informal/customary courts

religion: Muslim (official) 100%

death row: 90 (Amnesty International, as of end 2017)

year of last executions: 0-0-1987

death sentences: 0

executions: 0