Congo - Brazzaville
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- approved by referendum on January 20, 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the French system and customary norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
50% Catholics; 48% animists; 2% Muslims
From the country
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
CONGO. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DROPS FORMER PREMIER'S DEATH SENTENCE
Congo’s National Assembly unanimously voted in favour of amnesty for former Brazzaville mayor and former prime minister, Bernard Kolelas .
- APRIL 20, 2005Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, spying and offences against the State are capital crimes.
Murder, treason, spying and offences against the State are capital crimes.
- APRIL 21, 2004Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Congo voted in favour of the resolution on the death...
Congo voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, spying and offences against the State are capital crimes.
Murder, treason, spying and offences against the State are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 30, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 11, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117...
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117 cases of arbitrary executions
- JANUARY 1, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State...
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on a Congolese national for murdering two members of one family and staging three armed robberies in Mufulira in 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2002Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State...
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JULY 27, 2001Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Congo Republic's exiled former Prime Minister Bernard...
Congo Republic's exiled former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas vowed to try to return to his homeland soon despite a death sentence passed after he fled a bloody civil war
- JANUARY 1, 2001Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State...
Murder, treason, spying and offenses against the State are capital crimes