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 22, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC. 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.
- MAY 1, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. FIGHTING TO ESTABLISH THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY
ongoing penal code reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo is giving abolitionists the chance to
- 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.
- AUGUST 11, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CONGO FOR MURDER
the Butembo Military Tribunal in Nord Kivu (in eastern DR Congo) has sentenced two Congolese nationals...
- 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 PENALTYDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. THREE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the military court sitting in Bukavu, DRC, sentenced three soldiers to capital punishment.