Congo - Kinshasa
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery,...
- News items in the archive
- 166
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Congo - Kinshasa is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 166 news items on Congo - Kinshasa, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. TWO SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF PRIEST
two soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to death in Kinshasa by a military tribunal for the murder of a Belgian Jesuit priest.
- MAY 17, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RDC. EU WELCOMES THE ELIMINATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FROM THE CONSTITUTION
the elimination of all references to the death penalty in the constitutional project approved by the DRC’s National Assembly on May 13 showed the country’s will to create the foundations for a democratic regime with the full respect of human rights, decla
- MAY 10, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, removed the reference to the death penalty in the draft constitution
the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, removed the reference to the death penalty in the draft constitution
- APRIL 18, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
GENEVA. EX DEATH ROW INMATE MAKES PLEA FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
Jean de Dieu Muzaliwa Maroy, former death row inmate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, intervened at the UN Comission on Human Rights representing Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party.
- APRIL 4, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER KABILA’S MURDER DIES
Nico Bavurha, one of the men sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the assassination of Laurent Kabila, died on April 1 at Mama yemo hospital in Kinshasa where he had been transferred following a long period of illness in prison.
- MARCH 21, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRTIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. NGOS DEMAND ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
a delegation of the NGOs, calling themselves the "Congolese Coalition Against Death Penalty," met national assembly speaker Olivier Kamitatu to submit their grievance.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. DEATH SENTENCE FOR 21 SOLDIERS
a military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 21 government soldiers to death for atrocities they committed in the east.
- JANUARY 20, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
the Bukavu barracks martial court, DRC, sentenced to death Pilipili Kumba
the Bukavu barracks martial court, DRC, sentenced to death Pilipili Kumba
- JANUARY 1, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, spying, political and military offences and genocide.
- OCTOBER 5, 2004Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The top military court in Democratic Republic of Congo...
The top military court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced former military prosecutor Colonel Alamba Mungako and 10 other people to death in a murder trial
- APRIL 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic...
The UN rights rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo commended President Joseph Kabila's abolition of a special military tribunal, calling the move "major progress" for justice
- APRIL 25, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution...
Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 2, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UN Commission on Human Rights held...
In occasion of the UN Commission on Human Rights held in Geneva, Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said that despite positive developments, the situation in the DRC r
- JANUARY 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest...
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest of Xavier Chiribanya, who had just been named as governor of the eastern province of South Kivu by the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)
- JANUARY 28, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection...
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection with the January 2001 murder of then-President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), protested against the suspension of their visitation rights during a news conference
- JANUARY 16, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency,...
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called on Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences of 30 people involved in the murder of his predecessor and father Laurent Kabila, the foreign ministry
- JANUARY 15, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila,...
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to commute the death sentences passed on at least 26 people convicted on January 7 of his father's -Laurent Kabila- murder two years ago
- JANUARY 14, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern...
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern over the death sentences against 30 people for involvement in the killing of president Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- JANUARY 13, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen people were executed in secret on January 7...
Fifteen people were executed in secret on January 7 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Amnesty and MISNA reported
- JANUARY 13, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of...
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemned the execution of 15 people sentenced to death
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese...
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese President Laurent Kabila officially requested that his son and successor Joseph pardon them
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President...
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President Joseph Kabila to annul death sentences dished out on January 7 to those found guilty of murdering his father
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire...
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, was sentenced to death for killing the president
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic...
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences passed on 26 people for their alleged role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila in January 2001
- DECEMBER 26, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Some 50 human rights advocates gathered outside the...
Some 50 human rights advocates gathered outside the defence ministry in the capital, Kinshasa, chanting hymns and demanding justice for the scores of people facing death sentences for the assassination of former President Laurent-Desire Kabila
- OCTOBER 31, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in...
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in the DRC, Iulia Motoc, said that there had been some progress in government-held territory in the form of measures linked to a moratorium on the death penalty, the freeing of 300 child soldiers, and the li
- OCTOBER 18, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues...
The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues protested against attempts to intimidate Sebastian Kayembe, a Congolese advocate who is defending several suspected assassins of former President Laurent Desire Kabila
- OCTOBER 11, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
State prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
State prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo want the death penalty for more than 100 suspects on trial for plotting the murder of late President Laurent Kabila, lawyers said
- JUNE 17, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic...
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 June 2003, unanimously adopting resolution 1417 (2002)
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign