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 2, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UN Commission on Human Rights held...
In occasion of the UN Commission on Human Rights held in Geneva, Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said that despite positive developments, the situation in the DRC r
- JANUARY 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest...
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest of Xavier Chiribanya, who had just been named as governor of the eastern province of South Kivu by the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)
- JANUARY 28, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection...
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection with the January 2001 murder of then-President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), protested against the suspension of their visitation rights during a news conference
- JANUARY 16, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency,...
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called on Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences of 30 people involved in the murder of his predecessor and father Laurent Kabila, the foreign ministry
- JANUARY 15, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila,...
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to commute the death sentences passed on at least 26 people convicted on January 7 of his father's -Laurent Kabila- murder two years ago
- JANUARY 14, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern...
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern over the death sentences against 30 people for involvement in the killing of president Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- JANUARY 14, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern...
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern over the death sentences against 30 people for involvement in the killing of president Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- 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