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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)
FACTS
NEWS
Amnesty
Stands and opinions on the death penalty
Death penalty for violent crimes
Extradition
Death penalty for citizens abroad
Death by stoning
Wrongfully-convicted people
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
United Nations
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