executions in the world:

In 2024

0

2000 to present

0

legend:

  • Abolitionist
  • retentionist
  • De facto abolitionist
  • Moratorium on executions
  • Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
  • Committed to abolishing the death penalty

SINGAPORE

 
government: parliamentary republic
state of civil and political rights: Partly free
constitution: 22 December 1965; amended many times, last in 2020
legal system: English common law; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration
legislative system: Unicameral Parliament
judicial system: Supreme Court (although the number of judges varies - as of April 2019, the court totaled 20 judges, 7 judicial commissioners, 4 judges of appeal, and 16 international judges); the court is organized into an upper-tier Appeal Court and a lower-tier High Court; district, magistrates', juvenile, family, community, and coroners' courts; small claims tribunals; employment claims tribunals
religion: Buddhist 31.1%, Christian 18.9%, Muslim 15.6%, Taoist 8.8%, Hindu 5%, other 0.6%, none 20% (2020 est.)
death row: 53 (May 2023, according to Transformative Justice Collective)
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:

Convention on the Rights of the Child


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