Papua New Guinea
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- September 16, 1975
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
22% Catholic; 16% Lutheran; 34% indigenous beliefs; other
From the country
- MARCH 7, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Social Welfare and Development Minister Lady Carol...
Social Welfare and Development Minister Lady Carol Kidu expressed anger at the "summary executions and brutality" on the streets in Port Moresby caused by police mobile squad units
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana...
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana prison don't want to be the ones to hang a convicted killer
- JANUARY 30, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The National Council of Women announced in a press...
The National Council of Women announced in a press conference that it had changed its stance on capital punishment, stating that its implementation should be introduced
- JANUARY 23, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death...
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of two teenage boys - the fifth person to face the death penalty in the South Pacific nation in the past 12 years
- JANUARY 1, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
By September 2003, 6 people had been sentenced to death...
By September 2003, 6 people had been sentenced to death since the re-introduction of capital punishment in 1991
- JANUARY 1, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was reinstated by parliament in 1991
The death penalty was reinstated by parliament in 1991
- JANUARY 1, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Murder
Murder
- JANUARY 1, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The last hanging in Papua New Guinea was in 1957
The last hanging in Papua New Guinea was in 1957
- JANUARY 1, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and piracy are capital crimes
Murder, treason and piracy are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 20, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors...
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for three prisoners who killed a man in front of his family, saying the courts were slow in imposing the maximum penalty on serious and worst-type offenders
- DECEMBER 5, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare...
It was reported that Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare directed the Justice Department to review penalties in relation to addressing law and order problems in the country
- JULY 13, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PNG's leading daily newspaper, the Post-Courier, called...
PNG's leading daily newspaper, the Post-Courier, called for the introduction of public hangings following a bizarre double murder of a mother and her toddler daughter