government: presidential republic

state of civil and political rights: Partly free

constitution: 7 January 2001; amended several times, last in 2019

legal system: civil law system based on French law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

legislative system: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblée Nationale

judicial system: Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the court president and 12 judges and organized into civil and commercial, criminal, administrative, and social chambers); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionel (consists of 7 members, including the court president, vice president, and 5 judges); High Court of Justice (for crimes of high treason by the president); Courts of Appeal; Court of Auditors; assize courts; regional and district courts; Labor Court

religion: Muslim 97.2% (most adhere to one of the four main Sufi brotherhoods), Christian 2.7% (mostly Roman Catholic) (2019 est.)

death row:

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0