Congo - Kinshasa
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- 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
- OCTOBER 1, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. NINE SECT MEMBERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
nine members of an outlawed religious sect in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DR CONGO POLITICIAN'S MURDER
three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death for the July 6th murder of Daniel Boteti, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament.
- MAY 22, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. THREE SEPARATISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three members of a separatist group were sentenced to death in Congo in a mass
- MAY 20, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO MURDER APPEAL MARRED BY RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the appeal trial of four men sentenced to death for a Congolese journalist's murder lacked "protection of the defendants' most basic rights," local and international rights groups charged.
- MAY 20, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CONGOLESE JOURNALIST'S MURDER
a military appeals court in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu sentenced three men to death for the murder of a Congolese journalist and acquitted two others in a case that sparked accusations of rights abuses.
- JANUARY 1, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained...
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained...
- AUGUST 24, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: DEATH SENTENCES FOR JOURNALIST'S MURDER
three unidentified men, convicted of the murder of a journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to death, judicial sources said.
- APRIL 13, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
TWO DRC SOLDIERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR JOURNALIST MURDER
two Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers were sentenced to death by a military court for the murder of a Congolese journalist and his wife.
- JANUARY 1, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POLL CLERK KILLINGS
a military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's north-eastern district sentenced a soldier to death for killing two polling clerks.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THREE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the military court sitting in Bukavu, DRC, sentenced three soldiers to capital punishment.