Guyana
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Parliamentary Republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 6, 1980
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on English law with references to Roman-Dutch law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice with final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice
RELIGIONS
50% Christians, 28% Hindus, 7% Muslims, other
From the country
- MARCH 25, 2024GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA MAINTAINS STANCE ON DEATH PENALTY
In a recent address to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), Guyana reiterated its stance on the contentious issue of the death penalty, CNW reported on March 20, 2024.
DECEMBER 19, 2023GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: HIGH COURT JUDGE SENTENCED FIVE MEN TO DEATH FOR BRUTAL 2016 PIRACY ATTACK
Justice Sandil Kissoon of the High Court in Guyana on December 14, 2023 sentenced five men to death for the 2016 piracy attack that claimed the lives of four fishermen.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2023GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA COURT SENTENCES TWO PIRATES TO DEATH FOR 2018 ATTACK
A Guyanese court on 31 January 2023 handed down death sentences for two men found guilty of high seas piracy attacks that killed seven fishermen off the nation’s coast in 2018.
DECEMBER 28, 2022GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES TO DECLARE THE DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Court of Appeal in Guyana on 22 December 2022 overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences but declined to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional.
JUNE 15, 2022GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: DEATH PENALTY AMONG SENTENCES FOR MEN WHO MURDERED CORENTYNE FATHER
Justice Sandil Kissoon, on 8 June 2022, sentenced in Guyana five Berbice men for the murder of Corentyne phone card vendor Danian Anthony Jagdeo, who was gunned down during a robbery in 2017.
MAY 8, 2021GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: COURT UPHOLDS WIFE KILLER’S CONVICTION BUT SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
The Guyana Court of Appeal on 7 May 2021 upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.
- JANUARY 1, 2020GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
MARCH 5, 2019GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: POMEROON MINER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PENSIONER
Kenrick Lyte of Good Intent, Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was found guilty of murder on 27 February 2019 by a 12-member jury at the Suddie, Essequibo Coast, High Court.
- JANUARY 1, 2019GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
MARCH 30, 2018GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Guyana, two women were sentenced to death by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the Berbice High Court.
- JANUARY 1, 2018GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
FEBRUARY 2, 2017GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: TWO BARTICA MASSACRE ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Almost 9 years after the horrific Bartica massacre, gang members Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Durant’