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, 2000Antigua & 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
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, at the Third Committee under the above...
On November 11, at the Third Committee under the above item 116a, Ambassador Lewis, again speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community said, "International law did not prohibit the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, at the Third Committee of the General...
On November 3, at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), First Secretary Aqeel Akbar said any State has the right to determine the punishment, or lack of it, for the commission of a crime violating its
- OCTOBER 20, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, at the Third Committe of the General...
On October 20, at the Third Committe of the General Assembly under item 107 on crime prevention and criminal justice, speaking on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community - Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint
- JULY 22, 1999Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda signed the letter, dated 22 July...
Antigua and Barbuda signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death p
- JANUARY 1, 1999Antigua & 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