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
- JULY 12, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea's first court martial convened to...
Papua New Guinea's first court martial convened to hear mutiny-related charges arising from the Moem Barracks soldiers uprising in Wewak earlier in 2002
- JULY 11, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A young Central Province mother and her three-year-old...
A young Central Province mother and her three-year-old child were brutally murdered and dumped atop Burns Peak hill in Papua New Guinea recently
- JUNE 3, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinea judge warned that he will not hesitate...
A Papua New Guinea judge warned that he will not hesitate to impose the death penalty in the worst cases of murder
- MARCH 11, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The law on capital punishment, as passed by Parliament,...
The law on capital punishment, as passed by Parliament, is yet to be carried out "to the fullest"
- MARCH 8, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Police caught a second man allegedly involved in the...
Police caught a second man allegedly involved in the brutal attack on a Porebada family outside of Port Moresby on March 5
- JANUARY 1, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and piracy are capital crimes
Murder, treason and piracy are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 10, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A group of concerned people in Lae City began a push...
A group of concerned people in Lae City began a push for changes to the serious crime laws to fight the rising lawlessness in the country
- DECEMBER 10, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guineans must be afforded the right to "have...
Papua New Guineans must be afforded the right to "have a say" on important national issues through referendum votes from time to time, Kokopo MP Sir Rabbie Namaliu said during grievance debate in Parliament
- DECEMBER 7, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed...
Speaking on the severity of punishment as a supposed deterrence to crime, Auxiliary Bishop of Mt Hagen Bishop Douglas Young said it was the certainty of punishment that deterred crime-the knowledge that the criminal, high or low, rich or poor, powerful or
- DECEMBER 5, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's...
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta if his Government was bold enough to introduce the death penalty for major crimes like wilful murder, pack-rape and rape
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for...
Papua New Guinea politicians made renewed calls for the death penalty for the most serious cases of rape and murder following the callous killing of a Roman Catholic priest
- AUGUST 30, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Judah Akesim, MP for Ambunti-Drekikir, wants police...
Judah Akesim, MP for Ambunti-Drekikir, wants police to give licences to all Papua New Guineans so that everyone should have a gun in his possession