Antigua & Barbuda
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
- CONSTITUTION
- November 1, 1981
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court for the Eastern Caribbean (based in Saint Lucia)
RELIGIONS
92.2% Christians, 2% others, 5.8% none or unspecified
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2020Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2019Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2018Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2017Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
NOVEMBER 22, 2016Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTYANTIGUA: TWO MURDER CONVICTS RELEASED
Michael Lorriston Cornwall and Michael Mason walked out of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), free men, after a resentencing exercise in the High Court.
- JANUARY 1, 2016Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2015Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2014Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- OCTOBER 9, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN URGED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged Caribbean countries that
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda - Senate approves removal of mandatory death sentence
Antigua and Barbuda - Senate approves removal of mandatory death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda’s Parliament has given final approval to the Offence Against the Person Amendment
Antigua and Barbuda’s Parliament has given final approval to the Offence Against the Person Amendment
- FEBRUARY 27, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: GOV’T VOWS TO ENFORCE DEATH PENALTY
Antigua is to begin actively enforcing the death penalty after a 22-year lull.