St. Lucia
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- February 22, 1979
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and Assembly Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Catholic majority
From the country
- JULY 22, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999,...
Saint Lucia 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
- JUNE 7, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said: "While...
On June 17, Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said: "While the position on hanging was morally defensible, the cabinet supports the death penalty, a position we held through the election campaign
- JANUARY 1, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that...
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal