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, 2007NepalDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE IN ABSENTIA FOR NEPALI IN KUWAIT
the Criminal Court presided by Judge Wael Al-Atiqi, in Kuwait, listened to the argument of the lawyer for a Nepali woman, identified as Dolma S., who was convicted of the premeditated murder of a Filipino housemaid at the house of their sponsor and senten
- NOVEMBER 27, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS FILIPINO MAID'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
a Kuwaiti appeals court upheld the death sentence of a Filipino maid convicted of murdering her employer, her lawyer said.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI 'DREAM KILLER' MUST HANG, SAYS COURT
Kuwait's appeals court upheld a death sentence handed down against a Shiite Muslim who said he had been ordered in a dream to kill his wife and two children.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: ROYAL ON DEATH ROW
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals listened to defence arguments of Sheikh Talal Al-Sabah’s lawyers and set Dec 10, 2007, to issue a verdict in the appeal
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
the Kuwait appeals court upheld the death sentence against a Philippine...
- JULY 24, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KUWAITI BOY
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a Filipina maid to death after she was convicted of killing...
- JUNE 19, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT FOUR SPARED DEATH, GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Kuwait’s highest court commuted the 2005 death sentences...
- MAY 20, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. PAKISTANI HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Pakistani national convicted of drug trafficking has been hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- MARCH 10, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced Mohammed H. to capital punishment...
the Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced Mohammed H. to capital punishment...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR PHILLIPINE MAID
the Kuwait Appeals Court upheld the death sentence of a Phillipine maid convicted of murdering her Kuwaiti boss in January 2005.
- JANUARY 27, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KUWAIT FOR MURDERING FAMILY
a Shiite Muslim in Kuwait who shot dead his wife and two children after he was "ordered" to do so in a dream by Imam Al-Mehdi, his faith's most revered cleric, was sentenced to death.
- JANUARY 14, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
a tribunal in Kuwait sentenced Talal Al-Sabh...
a tribunal in Kuwait sentenced Talal Al-Sabh...