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 7, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH UPHELD FOR MAN IN LITTLE GIRL'S MURDER
The Appeals Court on 30 December 2018 upheld the verdict of the First Instance Court which sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death by hanging for beating and torturing to death a five-year-old girl in Qussor.
- JANUARY 1, 2019KuwaitDEATH 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.
JULY 16, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SHOOTING & KILLING BEDOUN
The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death for gunning down a Bedoun man in Sulaibiya area.
- JULY 11, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WOMAN’S KIDNAP AND VIOLENT RAPE
A Kuwait man has been sentenced to death by hanging for impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and raping an Asian woman under armed threat.
MAY 20, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH RULING IN CLERIC’S KILL
The Criminal Court has condemned to death by hanging the suspect in the murder of Kuwaiti cleric Abdul- Rahman Al-Senafi
APRIL 4, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE OF 15 INDIANS COMMUTED TO LIFE
The Emir of Kuwait has commuted the death sentence of 15 Indians to life imprisonment, the government informed Lok Sabha.
APRIL 1, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: LEBANESE COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAID
A Kuwaiti criminal court has sentenced a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death by hanging for killing their Philipina maid, according to Al Arabiya News Channel.
- MARCH 31, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: TWO CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Two Kuwaiti citizens were sentenced to capital punishment over their involvement in raping a female citizen.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MOTHER, BOYFRIEND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SPECIAL-NEEDS DAUGHTER
A court in Kuwait has sentenced a Kuwaiti mother and her boyfriend to death after they were found guilty of killing her special-needs daughter to get rid of her.
- JANUARY 1, 2018KuwaitDEATH 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.
- OCTOBER 21, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: COURT SENTENCES 2 ASIANS TO DEATH IN TRAFFICKING OF DRUGS
The Criminal Court has sentenced to death by hanging two Asians who were found guilty of trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Anba daily.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI EMIR SPARES 15 INDIANS DEATH PENALTY IN KIND MOVE: SUSHMA SWARAJ
Death sentence of 15 Indians, lodged in Kuwaiti jails, have been commuted to life imprisonment by the Emir of Kuwait, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.