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
- DECEMBER 2, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE EXTRADITES IRANIAN FUGITIVE ON DEATH SENTENCE TO KUWAIT
the security authorities in the United Arab Emirates handed over to the Kuwaiti authorities an Iranian man who had earlier been sentenced to death by hanging, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN HANDED EIGHTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down two more death sentences to an Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said. Jihad Al-Saadi, 27, was arrested in July, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
a Saudi Arabian court overruled the verdict of a lower court and sentenced a Kuwaiti girl and her brother to 20 years in jail for killing their sister in a desert in Saudi Arabia before surrendering themselves to Saudi authorities, reports Awan daily.
- AUGUST 14, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SHEIK FACING DEATH, BEGS FOR MERCY FROM ROYAL FAMILY
Sheikh Talal Nasser al-Sabah, the first Kuwaiti royal to be sentenced to death, appealed to his family to be pardoned. Al-Sabah was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish.
- JULY 23, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FILIPINA NOT SENTENCED TO DEATH, SAYS AMBASSADOR
Ricardo Endaya, Ambassador of the Philippines to Kuwait, stated in an interview with Al Watan Daily that, contrary to reports published by a local English daily, Jakatia Pawa, a Filipina domestic worker accused of murdering the daughter of her employer, w
- JULY 21, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINA’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of a lower court, which sentenced a Filipina housemaid identified as Jakatia Mandon Pawa, 31, of Zamboanga del Norte, to capital punishment for the premeditated murder of her sponsor’s 20 year old daughter a
- JULY 8, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI EMIR COMMUTES FILIPINO’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
the death sentence of May Vecina, a Filipino overseas worker sentenced to death for killing her six year old ward in Kuwait, was commuted to life imprisonment by the Emir of Kuwait, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- JUNE 24, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT ROYAL'S DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a member of the
- MAY 27, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EFFORTS TO SAVE DEATH-ROW FILIPINOS
the Filipino Ambassador to Kuwait, Ricardo Endaya, talked to the Arab Times about three Filipinos, Bienvenido Espino Jr, May Vecina and Jakatia Pawa, who are awaiting the death sentence in Kuwait.
- MAY 12, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: ANOTHER PINOY GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN KUWAIT
Kuwait's Court of First Instance handed the death sentence to Filipino national Bienvenido Espino Jr for killing Jhias Gumapac, a fellow Filipino contract worker.
- MAY 4, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN HANDED FOURTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down a fourth death sentence on a 27 year old Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said
- APRIL 28, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: KERALA YOUTH SAVED FROM GALLOWS IN KUWAIT
after months of suspense, Simil, a youth from Kerala, India, who was sentenced to death in Kuwait for inadvertently killing a fellow Indian worker, was pardoned.