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
- JULY 22, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Kuwait signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- MAY 11, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
On May 11, Alex Gerengan Second Secretary of the Philippines...
On May 11, Alex Gerengan Second Secretary of the Philippines embassy announced that a Kuwaiti court had sentenced Danilo Espino, a Filipino Christian citizen, to death on May 10 for killing his Muslim girlfriend Rocaya S
- APRIL 27, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, a court sentenced 2 Iranians, Abdallah...
On April 27, a court sentenced 2 Iranians, Abdallah Abdel-Amir Nassari and Saed Mohsen Razij, to death for drug smuggling, while 3 others received life sentences
- JANUARY 6, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
On January 6, newspapers reported that in Kuwait City,...
On January 6, newspapers reported that in Kuwait City, a group of MPs called for the Islamic punishments of flogging, amputation and stoning to be introduced to Kuwait
- JANUARY 1, 1999KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on...
The death penalty is provided for by laws based on the Shari'a