St. Vincent & Grenadines
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- October 27, 1979
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Assembly Chamber
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, based in Saint Lucia
RELIGIONS
protestant majority, catholic minority
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for...
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JUNE 10, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its thirtieth session, having considered reports of 10 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- APRIL 25, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on English-speaking Caribbean...
Amnesty International called on English-speaking Caribbean nations to abandon the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH 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
- MARCH 13, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 11, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- JANUARY 31, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH 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, 2002St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for...
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- APRIL 2, 2001St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2001St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for...
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2000St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for...
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was a cosponsor of the...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C.3/54/L