government: presidential republic
state of civil and political rights: Partly free
constitution: 18 June 1993
legal system: mixed legal system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law
legislative system: unicameral National Assembly
judicial system: Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the president
religion: Catholic majority
death row:
year of last executions: 0-0-0
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1st Optional Protocol to the Covenant
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (aiming to the abolition of the death penalty)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Statute of the International Criminal Court (which excludes the death penalty) (only signed)
situation:
Seychelles abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1993. The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art. 15 states: "A law shall not provide for a sentence of death to be imposed by any court."
On December 19, 2016 Seychelles abstained on the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly. They voted in favor in 2014, as in 2012. They were absent in 2010, 2008 and 2007 as in 2018.
