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, 2000BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, at the Third Committee of the General...
On November 11, at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), Antigua and Barbuda, also speaking on behalf of Barbados, said International Law recognized that the decision on that form of punishment fell wi
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the Deputy Permanent Representative...
On November 4, the Deputy Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York, in a statement made at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 118, question of implementation of human rights instruments, said the movement to promote the
- OCTOBER 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
In October, Foreign Minister Billie Miller stated,...
In October, Foreign Minister Billie Miller stated, "We must reject any attempt to impose a blanket abolition on countries around the world
- AUGUST 22, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went...
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went to Barbados to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- JULY 22, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Barbados 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 penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
In February, when Parliament opened, the Governor explained...
In February, when Parliament opened, the Governor explained the program for next five years
- JANUARY 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny