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
DECEMBER 5, 2020Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC: 14 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF RAPPER TWINS
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 3 December 2020 sentenced 14 men to death for the murder of twin brothers, who were burned alive in a remote community.
- JANUARY 1, 2020Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Under Article 1 of the Constitution, the human person is sacred and inviolable
Under Article 1 of the Constitution, the human person is sacred and inviolable
- JANUARY 1, 2019Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Under Article 1 of the Constitution, the human person is sacred and inviolable
Under Article 1 of the Constitution, the human person is sacred and inviolable
- JULY 13, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
7 sentenced to death
8 March 2018: the military Court of Matadi condemned to the death penalty seven members of the religious movement Bundu dia Kongo for "participation in a movement insurrectional and murder"
MAY 28, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYBeni: An army sergeant sentenced to death for the murder of five people
28 May 2018: the first Sergeant Damascene Ntagonayigiza Mbyayingabo was sentenced to the death penalty for the murder of five persons.
MAY 25, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYTshikapa: a soldier sentenced to death for the murder of two colleagues
25 May 2018: the military Court of Tshikapa (Kasai) condemned first class soldier Fabrice Aliata for a double murder. He killed the day before, an Army captain and a post commander.
- MARCH 21, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Congo: Colonel Abbas Kayonga sentenced to death with 13 other people
21 March 2018: Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bukavu military court sentenced the former anti-corruption chief of the rich mining province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- JANUARY 30, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
One sentenced to death
30 January 2018: the Lieutenant-Colonel, Ndoyipiwa Juna of the armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was sentenced to capital punishment
- JANUARY 22, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Beni: one condemned to death
22 January 2018: the military Court of North Kivu sentenced to death Yusuf Dongo Amala
JANUARY 21, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC: 66 death sentences in the ADF trials, since 2016
21 January 2018: the Congolese military justice announced that it had condemned to death 66 persons since the opening in August 2016
- JANUARY 19, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Beni: 14 condemned to death
19 January 2018: the military Court of North Kivu delivered its verdict in the case under RP. 172/2017 against 30 defendants, 14 of whom were sentenced to the death penalty,
- JANUARY 18, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Beni: 6 condemned to death
18 January 2018: the operational military Court of North Kivu had delivered two judgments in the cases under PR: 197/2017 and 209/2017 and senteced to death six.