Congo - Kinshasa
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Republic
- CONSTITUTION
- February 18, 2006
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Belgian and French systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, composed of National Assembly and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal or Court of Cassation; Council of State; Martial Judicial System, military and civil courts
RELIGIONS
50% Catholics, 20% Protestants, 10% Kimbanguist, 10% Muslims, 10% animist minorities and other indigenous beliefs
From the country
- JANUARY 13, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen people were executed in secret on January 7...
Fifteen people were executed in secret on January 7 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Amnesty and MISNA reported
- JANUARY 13, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of...
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemned the execution of 15 people sentenced to death
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese...
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese President Laurent Kabila officially requested that his son and successor Joseph pardon them
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President...
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President Joseph Kabila to annul death sentences dished out on January 7 to those found guilty of murdering his father
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire...
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, was sentenced to death for killing the president
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic...
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences passed on 26 people for their alleged role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila in January 2001
- DECEMBER 26, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Some 50 human rights advocates gathered outside the...
Some 50 human rights advocates gathered outside the defence ministry in the capital, Kinshasa, chanting hymns and demanding justice for the scores of people facing death sentences for the assassination of former President Laurent-Desire Kabila
- OCTOBER 31, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in...
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in the DRC, Iulia Motoc, said that there had been some progress in government-held territory in the form of measures linked to a moratorium on the death penalty, the freeing of 300 child soldiers, and the li
- OCTOBER 18, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues...
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues protested against attempts to intimidate Sebastian Kayembe, a Congolese advocate who is defending several suspected assassins of former President Laurent Desire Kabila
- OCTOBER 11, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
State prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
State prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo want the death penalty for more than 100 suspects on trial for plotting the murder of late President Laurent Kabila, lawyers said
- JUNE 17, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic...
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 June 2003, unanimously adopting resolution 1417 (2002)
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign