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NIGERIA - Retentionist

Government: Presidential-parliamentary democracy
State of civil and political rights: Partly free
Constitution: 1999 new constitution adopted
Legal System: based on English common law, Islamic law and tribal law
Legislative System: bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives
Judicial System: Supreme Court (judges appointed by the Provisional Ruling Council), and Federal Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government on the advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)
Religion: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Method of execution: shooting and hanging
Death sentences: 21
Prisoners on death row: 548 (as of January 2006)

International Treaties on the Death Penalty and Human Rights:
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • 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)


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