Grenada
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- December 19, 1973
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of a Court of Appeal and a High Court of Justice
RELIGIONS
53% Catholics, 13.8% Anglicans, 33.2% other Protestants
From the country
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A Grenadian High Court judge ordered the immediate...
A Grenadian High Court judge ordered the immediate release of three men among a group originally sentenced to death for the 1983 murder of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and members of his Cabinet
- JANUARY 31, 2002GrenadaDEATH 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, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978,...
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978, when three men were hanged for rape and murder
- DECEMBER 17, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent church leader was sentenced to death in...
A prominent church leader was sentenced to death in the murder of a 15-year-old girl who had attended his church for years
- APRIL 2, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Grenada 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, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978,...
Grenada has not carried out an execution since 1978, when three men were hanged for rape and murder
- AUGUST 25, 1999GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
On August 25, a delegation composed of the Hon
On August 25, a delegation composed of the Hon
- JANUARY 1, 1999GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
Grenada was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Grenada 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