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
- MAY 10, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: TWO EGYPTIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
The Criminal Court sentenced two Egyptians to death for smuggling huge quantities of drugs into the
MARCH 8, 2016KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Criminal Court in Kuwait has sentenced four people to death – three Indian men and a Sri Lankan
- JANUARY 1, 2016KuwaitDEATH 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 5, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SAAD AL-ABDULLAH FRIEND SLAYER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kuwaiti man was sentenced to death for killing his friend and fellow tribesmen. The victim, Sultan Al-
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: FAKE COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
A Kuwaiti court of appeals sentenced a local man to death after he was convicted of raping an Asian
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHIITE MOSQUE BOMBING
Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least
JUNE 22, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: PINAY CONVICT RETURNS HOME AFTER 10-YEAR DETENTION
A Filipina who was saved from the death penalty in Kuwait is set to arrive in the Philippines in the afternoon
JUNE 1, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
the Cassation Court presided over by Judge Salem Al- Khudair has rejected the appeal filed by four
- JANUARY 1, 2015KuwaitDEATH 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 16, 2014EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: SIHAM’S MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The criminal court in Kuwait sentenced an Ethiopian maid who stabbed her employer’s daughter to death.
- JUNE 27, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDERER
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence for a defendant who killed a Lebanese national in
- JUNE 9, 2014KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAID TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING KUWAITI BRIDE
Kuwait’s top court upheld a court sentence to execute an Ethiopian housemaid after she was convicted of