Qatar
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- absolute monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- ratified by public referendum on April 29, 2003, effective from June 9, 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil and Islamic codes there is a discretionary system controlled by the emir, although codes are being introduced; Islamic law has jurisdiction over personal and family matters
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Consultative Council (Majlis al-Shura)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- first instance courts, courts of appeal, and cassation. an administrative court and a constitutional court were established in 2007
RELIGIONS
77.5% Muslims, 8.5% Christians, 14% other
From the country
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR RELEASES FORMER INDIAN NAVY OFFICERS AFTER DROPPING DEATH SENTENCES
Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel.
- DECEMBER 29, 2023QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 8 INDIAN NAVY VETERANS
A Qatar court has reduced sentences for eight former Indian Navy personnel involved in an alleged espionage case, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on December 28, 2023.
OCTOBER 28, 2023QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: 8 INDIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Qatar sentenced eight Indian former naval officers to death on October 26, 2023 after finding them guilty of spying for Israel on the Gulf state’s submarine programme.
DECEMBER 9, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ELDERLY PERSON
The Doha Court of Appeal has sentenced two residents to death for killing an elderly man with a knife after tying him with a rope and mutilating his corpse, The Doha Globe reported on 8 December 2020.
NOVEMBER 1, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: 4 KERALITES SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING YEMENI TRADER
Four Keralites on 28 October 2020 were sentenced to death by a Qatari Criminal court in Doha after being convicted of murdering a Yemeni gold merchant, local media has reported.
MAY 25, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: NEPALI MAN SHOT TO DEATH AS PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
Qatar has executed a Nepali migrant worker named Anil Chaudhary from Mahottari district, The Himalayan Times reported on 21 May 2020.
- JANUARY 1, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
JANUARY 10, 2019QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO ASIAN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
A Doha Criminal Court on 2 January 2019 sentenced two Asian men to death for the premeditated murder of their employer, and a third man to six months in jail for being aware of the crime and not reporting it.
- JANUARY 1, 2019QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
JUNE 4, 2018QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: NEPALI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING QATARI NATIONAL
A court in Qatar has sentenced death penalty to a Nepali man by a firing squad for murdering a Qatari national Umair Mohammed Umair Al Ramzani Al-Nauimi.
- JANUARY 1, 2018QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
- APRIL 30, 2017QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar upholds rare death sentence in UK teacher's murder
30 April 2017: a Doha court upheld the death penalty in the retrial of a Qatari man convicted of murdering a 24-year-old British female teacher on Sunday, in a killing that has gripped the Gulf country.