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Hong Kong SAR China

2026

STATUSAbolitionist

EXECUTIONS 20260

SENTENCES0

GOVERNMENT: limited presidential democracy
CONSTITUTION: March 1990, approved by the National People's Congress of China
LEGAL SYSTEM: based on the Chinese model and English common law,
LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM: unicameral, Legislative Council
JUDICIAL SYSTEM: Final Court of Appeal

RELIGIONS

Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian majorities

— NEWS

From the country

JANUARY 1, 2020Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2019Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2018Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2017Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2016Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2015Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2014Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JANUARY 1, 2013Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
MARCH 30, 2012China
DEATH PENALTY
a Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may and a Taiwanese man...
a Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may and a Taiwanese man...
JANUARY 1, 2012Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993.
JUNE 25, 2011Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HK GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a businesswoman from Hong Kong, Lam Chun Wing Joe
JUNE 8, 2011Hong Kong SAR China
DEATH PENALTY
HONG KONG: PINOY SAVED FROM DEATH
an unidentified Filipino national was acquitted of double murder charges by the seven-man jury of the High Court of Hong Kong handed down a unanimous not guilty.