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
NOVEMBER 23, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: KUWAITI CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
The Court of Cassation rejected the appeal submitted by the Kuwaiti citizen “Abdulaziz U.” who was accused of killing the policeman Turki Al-Anzi by running into him at the Dasman roundabout during the National Day celebrations in 2016, Al-Anba daily repo
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FILIPINO DEATH ROW CONVICT GETS AMIR PARDON
A Filipino who was sentenced to death in Kuwait for the murder of his Filipina partner in October 2007 has been pardoned by the nation's Amir, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed on 12 September 2020.
JULY 21, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PREGNANT SAUDI WIFE
Kuwait’s top court on 20 July 2020 upheld a lower court’s ruling condemning a Kuwaiti man to death for killing his pregnant Saudi wife by strangulating her three years ago, Saudi Arabia’s Okaz newspaper reported.
FEBRUARY 24, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM FOR RAPE CONVICTS
The Court of Cassation presided over by Judge Ahmad Al-Ajeel has commuted death sentence by hanging to life imprisonment for two security operatives affiliated to Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense respectively who were accused of kidnapping and
- JANUARY 22, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR KUWAITI ACCUSED OF BEATING CHILD TO DEATH
The Court of Cassation chaired by Judge Ahmad Al-Ajeel ruled in favor of the Court of Appeals to execute a Kuwaiti man accused of beating and torturing a child to death in a vehicle, and to imprison the mother of the child for 10 years with hard labor, th
- JANUARY 1, 2020KuwaitDEATH 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.
NOVEMBER 18, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
The Court of Cassation on 14 November 2019 upturned the verdict issued by a lower court, which sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to death for killing his father in their Waha family residence over a family dispute. The court thereby commuted the verdict to life
NOVEMBER 7, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Kuwaiti court on 29 October 2019 sentenced an Egyptian man to death after he was convicted of stabbing his Lebanese wife to death in front of their children.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: INDIAN NATIONAL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indian national Rajinder Singh, a resident of Taragarh village in Punjab, has been sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug trafficking, tribuneindia.com reported on 23 September 2019.
- MAY 20, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Three brothers from the "Bidoon" category were sentenced to death for murdering a man in May 2018.
APRIL 15, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SHEIKH, 2 OTHERS
The court of cassation on 13 April 2019 sentenced two Iranians to death for killing a ruling family member, another Kuwaiti and an Indonesian woman in an armed robbery in 2016.
- FEBRUARY 4, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT REDUCES TAMIL NADU MAN'S DEATH PENALTY AS FAMILY RAISES 'BLOOD MONEY'
A Tamil Nadu man, who was facing death penalty in Kuwait, had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the government after his family raised 30 lakh rupees 'blood money' to pay the victim's family.