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
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- APRIL 25, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution...
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 12, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The chief of staff of slain Congolese President Laurent...
The chief of staff of slain Congolese President Laurent Kabila was charged with helping mastermind his assassination, and 80 others were charged with plotting the murder, family and officials said
- JANUARY 1, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, political and military offenses and genocide
- NOVEMBER 30, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and...
At the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) session the representative of Belgium, on behalf of the European Union, introduced a draft resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of...
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had "a major impact on the human rights situation in the country", with torture reported in government-as well as rebel-held areas, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robi
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
African Human Rights League (AHRL) chairman Dave Mbanza...
African Human Rights League (AHRL) chairman Dave Mbanza appealed to the Democratic Republic of Congo's government to grant clemency to people sentenced in connection with the assassination of President Laurent Kabila and the coup attempt against his son a
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
International human rights NGO Amnesty International...
International human rights NGO Amnesty International and DRC human rights NGO ASADHO (African Association for the Defence of Human Rights) protested the death sentences of eight people issued on September 14 by the Cour d'ordre militaire (COM - Military O
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Congo sentenced eight people to...
A military court in Congo sentenced eight people to death for a failed plot to assassinate the central African nation's president, Joseph Kabila
- MAY 28, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its examination of an initial report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by asking the delegation, among other things, about the situation of children sentenced to capital punishment
- MAY 16, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden...
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden and Belgium have appealed to the governor of Illinois to grant clemency to a Polish citizen awaiting the death sentence for the murder of a Chicago woman
- MAY 14, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The EU General Affairs Council welcomed the Democratic...
The EU General Affairs Council welcomed the Democratic Republic of Congo's vote in favour of the UN Commission on Human Rights resolution on the question of the death penalty, and urged the government of the DRC to work on internal legislation in the spir