Kuwait
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- November 11, 1962
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- Mixed legal system of English, French, and Islamic law based on civil law, incorporates elements of Islamic law regarding human rights
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Majlis al-umma)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court; Court of Cassation, High Court of Appeals
RELIGIONS
85% Muslim, 15% Christian
From the country
- MARCH 17, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING EXPATRIATE
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a unnamed local man to death for murdering an Asian expatriate after robbing him, a newspaper said.
JANUARY 28, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH AGAINST MAN FOR KILLING HIS FRIEND OVER WEALTH
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals presided by Judge Salem Al-Khudair recently
- JANUARY 27, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN WHO STABBED HIS FILIPINA WIFE 31 TIMES GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Egyptian national Attalla Mohammad was sentenced to death in Kuwait for killing his Filipina wife Norhaisa Nasa Andao by stabbing her 31 times in a beauty saloon after their relationship soured.
- JANUARY 1, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Sharia.
- MAY 26, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH PENALTY FOR A WOMAN WHO KILLED 57 PEOPLE
The Kuwaiti appeals court confirmed a death sentence against a woman convicted
- MARCH 31, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI WIFE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WEDDING BLAZE
in Kuwait, Judge Adel al-Sager sentenced Nasra Yussef Mohammed al-Enezi, 23, to death for starting a fire in Jahra on August 15 at the wedding party of her husband and his second wife that killed 57 women and children.
- MARCH 31, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
69 SRI LANKAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN KUWAIT PRISONS - 11 WOMEN AMONG THEM
69 Sri Lankans involved in drug trafficking are serving jail sentences in Kuwait prisons...
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH TO LIFE FOR IRANIAN
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of an Iranian man...
- JANUARY 20, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINA'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Filipina housemaid Jakatia Pawa for killing her employer's 22-year-old daughter.
- JANUARY 5, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST MAN IN KIDNAP, MURDER
Judge Ahmad Al-Ajeel of the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation dismissed an appeal by a Kuwaiti man for kidnapping, robbing and murdering an Egyptian man, identified as Ashraf M.
- JANUARY 4, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PAKISTANI CARRIER TO DIE FOR DRUGS
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced an unidentified Pakistani man to capital punishment for smuggling heroin into the country.
- JANUARY 4, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Judge Hamoud Al-Mutawa of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced...
Judge Hamoud Al-Mutawa of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced...