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The Supreme Court was established as a superior court of record under Papua New Guinea's Constitution. [1] The Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea, Deputy Chief Justice and the judges of the National Court (excluding acting judges) comprise the Court.
The Ministry of Justice of Papua New Guinea and Department of Justice & Attorney General acts as the principal advisor to the government on all legal matters and is responsible for all civil litigation matters by and against the state. The Minister of Justice (who serves simultaneously as the Attorney General if s/he is a qualified lawyer ...
The independence of the judiciary has been a particular problem in developing countries, though it was confirmed early in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea's Constitution purports to adopt the principle of the separation of powers, enunciated in US jurisprudence in an environment where the three branches of government are indeed separate, the ...
The politics of Papua New Guinea takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic multi-party system, whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Papua New Guinea is an independent Commonwealth realm , with the monarch serving as head of state and a governor-general , nominated by the National Parliament ...
The Constitution of Papua New Guinea left the judiciary of PNG in a somewhat anomalous position, deeming as it did the case law of the English superior courts as of the date of PNG Independence to be part of the "underlying law" of Papua New Guinea (i.e. the indigenous common law) whereas the decisions of the pre-Independence Supreme Court of ...
Sir Gibuna Gibbs Salika KBE (born 11 August 1955) is the current Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea. [1] He is currently the longest serving judge of the National and Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of 6.8 million, nearly half of which is under 18 years of age. [1] Public trust in the justice system has been eroded, and the country’s significant crime problem exacerbated, by brutal responses from police against those they suspect of having committed offences, and the routine violence, abuse and rape carried out by police against persons, including ...
LLG boundary maps by Province (National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea) United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea - Postal codes and Coordinates". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. OCHA FISS (2018). "Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer". Humanitarian Data Exchange ...