Barbados
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- November 30, 1966
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and Assembly Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commissions; Caribbean Court of Justice and the highest court of appeal
RELIGIONS
63.4% Protestants, 4.2% Catholics, 7% other Christians, 25.4% other
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
- DECEMBER 19, 2007BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
COURT: BARBADOS MUST ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
the Inter American Court on Human Rights ruled that Barbados should abolish its
- DECEMBER 18, 2007BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
the Barbados voted against the Resolution...
the Barbados voted against the Resolution...
- JANUARY 1, 2007BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE WON'T RESTORE EXECUTION ORDER
the new Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) made its first death penalty ruling, dismissing an appeal by the Barbados government that sought to restore execution orders for two convicted murderers.
- JUNE 20, 2006BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. CARIBBEAN COURT REVIEWS HANGING
the Caribbean's final appeals court is being asked to overturn a key ruling by the UK's Privy Council and allow the death penalty to be carried out.
- JANUARY 1, 2006BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
- JULY 26, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. FIRST DEATH PENALTY CASE TO GO NEW CARIBBEAN COURT
Barbados will take the first death penalty case to the Caribbean court that replaced the colonial-era Privy Council as the country's highest court of appeal, Barbados Attorney- General Mia Mottley said.
- MAY 23, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. HUGGINS GETS STAY OF EXECUTION
29 year old Michael Mcdonald Huggins, set to die in Barbados on May 23 for murder, was temporarily spared from execution.
- APRIL 16, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN. LEADERS INAUGURATE OWN COURT OF JUSTICE
Caribbean leaders inaugurated a court that would serve as the highest judicial body for much of the region, a step toward shedding their 170-year-old dependence on Britain's Privy Council that many had resented as a vestige of colonialism.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
the Barbados High Court granted a stay of execution for Frederick Atkins
the Barbados High Court granted a stay of execution for Frederick Atkins
- JANUARY 1, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.