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
JUNE 18, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE IN IRAN SPY CELL CASE
Kuwait's highest court overturned the death sentence imposed by a lower tribunal against a man convicted of
JUNE 12, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE IN CHILD MURDER OVERTURNED
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence for father and a mother who tortured their four-year-old daughter to death and kept her body in a freezer.
MAY 31, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SEVEN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING A 10-YEAR-OLD DISABLED BOY
Seven men have been sentenced to death for raping a disabled boy in Kuwait and threatening to leak footage of the horrifying assault on social media.
MAY 28, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN WHO KILLED POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Kuwait has sentenced a Kuwaiti to death for killing one police officer and wounding five others.
- MAY 26, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court has sentenced a 35-year-old Kuwaiti woman to death by hanging f
The Criminal Court has sentenced a 35-year-old Kuwaiti woman to death by hanging f
- FEBRUARY 5, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: CITIZEN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SPOUSE
The Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a Kuwaiti citizen who is accused of murdering his wife
- JANUARY 25, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: ROYAL FAMILY MEMBER AMONG SEVEN HANGED
Seven people, among them a member of the ruling family who killed his nephew, were hanged
- JANUARY 2, 2017KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PARENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER
A court in Kuwait sentenced a couple to death after finding them guilty of torturing their three-year-old daughter until she died, it said in a statement.
- JANUARY 1, 2017KuwaitDEATH 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 15, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
As per the current juvenile law, criminal penalties are applicable only to those aged 18 years or above, and only special penalties are applied to those under 18.
As per the current juvenile law, criminal penalties are applicable only to those aged 18 years or above, and only special penalties are applied to those under 18.
NOVEMBER 10, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: JUVENILE AGE LOWERED TO 16; TEENAGERS WARNED THEY COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR CERTAIN CRIMES
Kuwaiti teenage students have been warned that they could face the death penalty or heavy prison terms for certain crimes following the decision to lower the juvenile age from 18 to 16 in January.
JUNE 28, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: GALLOWS FOR THREE INDIANS, WOMAN IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Ali Diran has upheld the verdict of the lower court and