Dominica
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- November 3, 1978
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Assembly Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court for the Eastern Caribbean, composed of Court of Appeal and High Court
RELIGIONS
61.4% Catholics, 22% Protestants, 7.7% other Christians, and unspecified minorities
From the country
- FEBRUARY 10, 2009DominicaDEATH PENALTY
DOMENICA: SAVARIN BACKS SKERRIT ON DEATH PENALTY
another Domanican Minister of Government is throwing his support behind the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2009DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2008DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Dominica voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Dominica voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 28, 2007DominicaDEATH PENALTY
DOMINICA: LEADING CARIBBEAN JURIST SPEAKS ON DEATH PENALTY
a leading Caribbean jurist in Dominica says regional judges should use their discretion when imposing the death penalty, as the debate over the resumption of hangings continues in the region
- JANUARY 1, 2007DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2006DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2005DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- APRIL 11, 2004DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 10, 2003DominicaDEATH PENALTY
So far this year, nearly 200 people had died at the...
So far this year, nearly 200 people had died at the hands of the Dominican police in extra-judicial executions, the National Human Rights Commission said
- JANUARY 1, 2003DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Dominica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Dominica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- MARCH 15, 2002DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to...
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to speed up plans to establish a regional court after a ruling by Britain's Privy Council that the mandatory death penalty is in violation of the constitutions of several countries