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 25, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 25, 23 people convicted of crimes including...
On May 25, 23 people convicted of crimes including armed robbery and embezzlement, were executed
- MAY 13, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 13, 15 criminals were executed, after being...
On May 13, 15 criminals were executed, after being found guilty of several murders and given death sentences by the military tribunal
- MAY 6, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 6, 20 soldiers were executed in Lubumbashi for...
On May 6, 20 soldiers were executed in Lubumbashi for military offenses
- APRIL 28, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 27, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, the United Nations Commission on Human...
On April 27, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights approved a resolution, tabled by the European Union (EU), renewing a mandate for the special investigator for the Democratic Republic of Congo to carry out a joint investigation into all massacres
- APRIL 13, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On April 13, 11 people were publicly executed in Mbuji-Mayi,...
On April 13, 11 people were publicly executed in Mbuji-Mayi, the diamond-rich capital of the Oriental Kasai Province
- MARCH 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that...
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that more than 100 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 5 in reprisals by rebel troops
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report...
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report stating that in areas of actual fighting government forces and some of its foreign allies, particularly Angola, had carried out summary executions
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD,...
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD, Martial Court, handed down death sentences to 11 people, including 7 involved in the alleged Makobola massacre
- JANUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, political and military offenses and genocide