Monthly Updates
December 2022
The Criminal Court of Maldives on 25 December 2022 found former president Abdulla Yameen guilty on charges of corruption and money laundering, sentencing him to an 11-year jail term. The sentencing rules out Yameen’s presidential candidacy in the upcoming 2023 election for now, as Yameen plans to appeal. Yameen was sentenced to five years in jail for money laundering in 2019 on separate charges, but the Supreme Court overturned the verdict in 2021 due to discrepancies in the evidence presented at the initial trial.
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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
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Government
Government
Fundamental
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Checks on
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Government
Impartial
Administration
Administration
Participatory
Engagement
Engagement
Basic Information
Population
543 620
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (since 2018)
Head of government party
Maldivian Democratic Party
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
First Past the Post
Women in lower or single chamber
4.6%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
2019
Head of state
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
04/11/2020
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
72.20%
Human Rights Treaties
State party
Signatory
No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Early Warning System BETA
Moderate risk of democratic breakdown (BETA)
Moderate risk of democratic backsliding (BETA)
Attributes Over Time
GSoD Indices
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