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
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer for gunning down a female editor in a crowded street in the Muslim conservative state
- JANUARY 1, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Sexual molesters in Kuwait are charged with capital...
Sexual molesters in Kuwait are charged with capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences, which are normally carried out by...
Death sentences, which are normally carried out by hanging, can be appealed twice and must receive the final approval of Sheikh JaberAl-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Emir
- JANUARY 1, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on...
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Shari'a
- JULY 10, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A legislative official said that two Kuwaiti politicians...
A legislative official said that two Kuwaiti politicians presented a controversial draft bill to parliament to amend the Gulf Arab state's penal code to meet Islamic sharia law
- JUNE 17, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait hanged 24 year old Qadeer Kaleeja, an Indian...
Kuwait hanged 24 year old Qadeer Kaleeja, an Indian maid, for strangling her elderly employer and stealing her jewelry
- APRIL 5, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Sheikh Humoud bin Aqla Al Shuabi, a prominent religious...
Sheikh Humoud bin Aqla Al Shuabi, a prominent religious figure in Al Qaseem, Saudi Arabia, has issued a fatwa, calling for famous Kuwaiti artist, Abdullah Al Rwaishid, to be sentenced to death for using a chapter of the Holy Quran in a song
- MARCH 22, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister...
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister has demanded the death sentence for Khaled Diab al-Azmi a police officer who allegedly confessed to killing Hedayah Sultan al-Salem a Kuwaiti female editor and veteran women's rights campaigner on March
- MARCH 13, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's Cassation Court handed a sentence of life...
Kuwait's Cassation Court handed a sentence of life in prison to Alaa Hussein, a former Kuwaiti military reservist, found guilty of treason for heading a puppet government under Iraq's occupation
- JANUARY 16, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
- JANUARY 1, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Sexual molesters in Kuwait are charged with capital...
Sexual molesters in Kuwait are charged with capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences, which are normally carried out by...
Death sentences, which are normally carried out by hanging, can be appealed twice and must receive the final approval of Sheikh JaberAl-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Emir