government: parliamentary republic
state of civil and political rights: Partly free
constitution: 23 May 1926, amended several times, last in 2004
legal system: mixed legal system of civil law based on the French civil code, Ottoman legal tradition, and religious laws covering personal status, marriage, divorce, and other family relations of the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian communities
legislative system: unicameral Lebanese Parliament (Majlis al-Nuwab in Arabic; Chambre des députés in French)
judicial system: Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (organized into 8 chambers, each with a presiding judge and 2 associate judges); Constitutional Council (consists of 10 members); Courts of Appeal; Courts of First Instance; specialized tribunals, religious courts; military courts
religion: Muslim 67.8% (31.9% Sunni, 31.2% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 32.4% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group), Druze 4.5%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, and Hindus (2020 est.); not including Lebanon's sizable Syrian and Palestinian refugee populations
death row: at least 100 (2016)
year of last executions: 0-1-2004
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:
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