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
APRIL 4, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC. MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER KABILA’S MURDER DIES
Nico Bavurha, one of the men sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the assassination of Laurent Kabila, died on April 1 at Mama yemo hospital in Kinshasa where he had been transferred following a long period of illness in prison.
- MARCH 21, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRTIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. NGOS DEMAND ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
a delegation of the NGOs, calling themselves the "Congolese Coalition Against Death Penalty," met national assembly speaker Olivier Kamitatu to submit their grievance.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. DEATH SENTENCE FOR 21 SOLDIERS
a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 21 government soldiers to death for atrocities they committed in the east.
- JANUARY 20, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
the Bukavu barracks martial court, DRC, sentenced to death Pilipili Kumba
the Bukavu barracks martial court, DRC, sentenced to death Pilipili Kumba
- JANUARY 1, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
- OCTOBER 5, 2004Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The top military court in Democratic Republic of Congo...
The top military court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced former military prosecutor Colonel Alamba Mungako and 10 other people to death in a murder trial
- APRIL 11, 2004Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
- DECEMBER 22, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003...
In view of a resolution approved on 22 December 2003 on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Third Committee of the 58th General Assembly asked the country, with two ad hoc paragraphs, to re-impose a moratorium on exe
- JUNE 28, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's...
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila to pardon 30 people sentenced to death for the murder of his father, former president Laurent Kabila
- APRIL 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic...
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo commended President Joseph Kabila's abolition of a special military tribunal, calling the move "major progress" for justice
- APRIL 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic...
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo commended President Joseph Kabila's abolition of a special military tribunal, calling the move "major progress" for justice
- APRIL 25, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution...
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva