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
- 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 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
- 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)