After nearly 70 years, the death penalty again becomes a real prospect in Papua New Guinea
- Written by: Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University
ShutterstockOn July 30 2021, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) quashed the National Court’s temporary stay of executions for all people sentenced to death.
The judgment has cleared a major obstacle to carrying out death sentences for the first time in nearly 70 years. It makes execution a real possibility for 15 individuals who are...
