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
- MARCH 11, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DUTCH COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY GAY IRANIAN MAN
the Council of State, the Netherlands' highest administrative court, rejected an
MARCH 7, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRANIAN LESBIAN WHO FLED TO BRITAIN FACES DEPORTATION
an Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and
MARCH 6, 2008NetherlandsDEATH PENALTYGAY IRANIAN. 60 EURO PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN APPEAL TO SAVE MEHDI
an appeal was signed by 60 European parliamentarians to obtain assurances on
- MARCH 3, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. DECISION TO REPATRIATE GAY IRANIAN POSTPONED TO MARCH 5
in Rotterdam this morning, a Dutch judge met Seyed Mehdi Kazemi, the
- FEBRUARY 25, 2008United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK. NO TO DEPORTATION OF GAY IRANIAN YOUTH
in the next few hours the gay Iranian youth Mehdi Kazemi will
- JANUARY 1, 2008United 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...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
the United Kingdom voted in favour of the Resolution...
the United Kingdom voted in favour of the Resolution...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN URGES MALAWI TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY: EMBASSY
Britain urged Malawi to abolish capital punishment, still a contentious issue here after the poor southern African nation issued a moratorium on executions 15 years ago.
- OCTOBER 4, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY CALLS FOR DOCTORS TO BOYCOTT LETHAL INJECTION
Amnesty International has urged doctors and nurses not to participate in
- OCTOBER 4, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTHERN IRELAND. KILLER FACES EXECUTION IF DEPORTED ARGUES QC
a Chinese man who stabbed a fellow illegal immigrant to death in south Belfast,
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
a United Kingdom official assured Caribbean countries...
a United Kingdom official assured Caribbean countries...
APRIL 20, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUK. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MOTION IN FAVOUR OF MORATORIUM
a motion hailing the Italian initiative on the moratorium on capital punishment was presented to the UK