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
- JANUARY 1, 2007KuwaitDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 17, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced Sheikh Talal Al-Sabah...
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced Sheikh Talal Al-Sabah...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN STILL ALIVE FIVE HOURS AFTER HANGING IN KUWAIT: REPORTS
a Sri Lankan national who was executed in Kuwait for murdering an Asian woman during a robbery remained alive five hours after he was hanged and pronounced dead, newspapers reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT HANGS THREE ASIANS, ONE STATELESS RESIDENT
two Pakistani nationals convicted of drug trafficking and a Bangladeshi and a stateless resident found guilty of premeditated murder were hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES OF 4 MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS IN TERROR CASE
an appeals court in Kuwait city upheld four death sentences and commuted two others to life in prison in a terror case against a group of Muslim fundamentalists convicted of plotting attacks on US troops in Kuwait.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FOUR DEATH SENTENCES APPROVED BY CASSATION COURT
the Cassation Court of Kuwait approved the death sentences for four men convicted of murder and other crimes subject to capital punishment.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EGYPTIAN IN ROBBERY BID
the Criminal Court in Kuwait city sentenced two Kuwaiti men...
- AUGUST 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
22 YEAR OLD INDIAN AWAITS DEATH IN KUWAIT JAIL
was reported that Shoukath, a 22-year-old Indian from the state of Kerala, was on death row in Kerala after surviving a suicide pact with a Nepali girl he had a love affair with. Shoukath had been imprisoned since December 2005. However, he had only recen
- JULY 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Shakarullah Ansari, a native of Uttar Pradesh, India, was hanged till death at 8:15 am Kuwait time on charges of murdering his employer.
- JUNE 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Indian national in Kuwait was sentenced to death by a criminal court for killing his lover and later trying to commit suicide.
- MAY 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FIVE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING, RAPE
Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.
- APRIL 13, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAKISTANI ACCUSED OF HEROIN SMUGGLING
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence issued against Fadhl H., a Pakistani man charged with smuggling heroin into the country.