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
- 203
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 203 news items on Congo - Kinshasa, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 15, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Despite a declaration in December 1999 by the Minister...
Despite a declaration in December 1999 by the Minister for Human Rights that the government was observing a moratorium on executions, a 14-year-old child soldier named Kasongo was executed within 30 minutes of his trial by the Cour d'ordre militaire (COM)
- JANUARY 13, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said President Laurent-Desire...
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said President Laurent-Desire Kabila commuted the death sentence imposed on Sammi Yassine and Khalil Ghodban, two Lebanese convicted of illegal currency trafficking and spying for rebel forces in the Democratic Republic
- JANUARY 10, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A military court set up in Kinshasa by Kabila sentenced...
A military court set up in Kinshasa by Kabila sentenced Sammy Hachim and Khalil Algadba, two Lebanese men, to death for currency trafficking and spying for rebels holding the eastern half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
- JANUARY 1, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, political and military offenses and genocide
- DECEMBER 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, the Congolese government freed 156 prisoners
On December 15, the Congolese government freed 156 prisoners
- DECEMBER 10, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On December 10, Human Rights Minister Leonard She Okitundu...
On December 10, Human Rights Minister Leonard She Okitundu announced a moratorium on all executions to mark the 51st anniversary of the international human rights charter
- NOVEMBER 30, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On November 30, President Laurent Kabila said he wanted...
On November 30, President Laurent Kabila said he wanted to see an independent judiciary in his Central African country
- NOVEMBER 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On November 15, the Third Committee of the General...
On November 15, the Third Committee of the General Assembly expressed its concern at the adverse impact of continuing conflict and the worrying human rights situation in the eastern part of the country, throughout which rights are violated by massacres, s
- NOVEMBER 8, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On November 8, Ambassador Andre Mwamba Kapanga, speaking...
On November 8, Ambassador Andre Mwamba Kapanga, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, said with regard to the death penalty that his country had taken an abolitionist attitude
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In November, the UN investigator assigned to the Democratic...
In November, the UN investigator assigned to the Democratic Republic of Congo estimated that 6,000 people had been killed, 500 were missing, 1
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In September, human rights groups in the Democratic...
In September, human rights groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo demanded the abolition of the Court of Military Order, the country's notorious military tribunal that does not make provisions for appeal
- MAY 25, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 25, 23 people convicted of crimes including...
On May 25, 23 people convicted of crimes including armed robbery and embezzlement, were executed
- MAY 13, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 13, 15 criminals were executed, after being...
On May 13, 15 criminals were executed, after being found guilty of several murders and given death sentences by the military tribunal
- MAY 6, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On May 6, 20 soldiers were executed in Lubumbashi for...
On May 6, 20 soldiers were executed in Lubumbashi for military offenses
- APRIL 28, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo abstained from the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 27, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On April 27, the United Nations Commission on Human...
On April 27, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights approved a resolution, tabled by the European Union (EU), renewing a mandate for the special investigator for the Democratic Republic of Congo to carry out a joint investigation into all massacres
- APRIL 13, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On April 13, 11 people were publicly executed in Mbuji-Mayi,...
On April 13, 11 people were publicly executed in Mbuji-Mayi, the diamond-rich capital of the Oriental Kasai Province
- MARCH 15, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that...
On March 15, the Rome-based MISNA agency, said that more than 100 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on March 5 in reprisals by rebel troops
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report...
On February 24, Human Rights Watch released a report stating that in areas of actual fighting government forces and some of its foreign allies, particularly Angola, had carried out summary executions
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD,...
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD, Martial Court, handed down death sentences to 11 people, including 7 involved in the alleged Makobola massacre
- JANUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, treason, political and military offenses and genocide
- JANUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a cosponsor of...
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
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