Antigua & Barbuda
2026
- 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, 2005Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- APRIL 11, 2004Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
- JANUARY 1, 2003Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- MARCH 11, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- JANUARY 31, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally...
The Caribbean may be coming one step closer to finally ridding itself of the scourge of the death penalty, Amnesty International said at the conclusion of hearings by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) which will determine whether
- JANUARY 1, 2002Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- AUGUST 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence...
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence imposed on a citizen of the Dominican Republic, who was convicted of murder because the trial judge did not consider the issue of provocation
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the...
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- JANUARY 1, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- OCTOBER 15, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Britain claimed it would attempt to stop Antigua executing...
Britain claimed it would attempt to stop Antigua executing Steadroy McDougal
- OCTOBER 10, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Steadroy McDougal, 32, was sentenced to death for killing...
Steadroy McDougal, 32, was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend Louise Torrens, a 24-year-old woman from Stirlingshire, at Christmas 1998 and Mitchell Melius, a companion of Torrens from nearby St Lucia
- JANUARY 26, 2000Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Ephrain Georges, a High Court judge granted...
Justice Ephrain Georges, a High Court judge granted a stay of execution to five convicted murderers scheduled to hang during the week