United Kingdom
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- unwritten, partly common law, partly customs and statutes
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law traditions with some influences from the modern Roman and continental system, acts of Parliament are not reviewed by the judiciary
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, House of Commons and House of Lords
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- House of Lords (is the highest court of appeal) some Lords are appointed for life by the Queen
RELIGIONS
Christians 59.5%, Muslims 4.4%, Hindu 1.3%, others 2%, unspecified 7.2%, none 25.7%
From the country
- JULY 30, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
LONDON: REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI ARABIA OF BARONESS KENNEDY PRESENTED
The Report on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia prepared by Baroness Helena Kennedy on the basis of official documents, direct testimonies and open sources was presented on 29 July 2019 at the House of Commons in London.
JULY 16, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUK: ASSANGE WILL NOT BE EXTRADITED TO ANY COUNTRY WITH DEATH PENALTY
UK Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan has reaffirmed that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would not be extradited to “anywhere where he could face capital punishment”, the independent Spanish news agency EFE reports.
APRIL 10, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY: GLOBAL EXECUTIONS FELL BY NEARLY A THIRD LAST YEAR
Global executions fell dramatically by almost a third (31%) last year to the lowest figure for at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its annual global review of the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
DRUG OFFENCE EXECUTIONS MORE THAN HALVE IN 2018 AFTER IRAN REFORM
Human rights experts have hailed a sharp drop in executions for drug offences in 2018, even as they expressed worries over a large number of people worldwide still facing the death penalty for non-violent drug crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- JULY 23, 2018United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
THE GUARDIAN VIEW ON THE DEATH PENALTY: BARBARISM BY JIHADISTS IS NO JUSTIFICATION / EDITORIAL
“Nearly all western democracies, as well as dozens of other countries, have abandoned capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2018United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- JANUARY 1, 2017United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
APRIL 6, 2016United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UP BY 54% IN 2015, PAKISTAN TOPS LIST
The numbers of death penalty has risen over an alarming 54 per cent in 2015-16.
- JANUARY 1, 2016United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- JANUARY 1, 2015United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder on December 18...
- OCTOBER 23, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: ‘AID FOR EXECUTIONS’ IN SPOTLIGHT AS PAKISTAN SET TO RESTART HANGINGS
Reprieve, the charity that campaigns against the death penalty, said Britain risks being “complicit in a gross