Trinidad & Tobago
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1, 1976
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, High Court of Justice; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council of London.
RELIGIONS
26% Catholics; 22% Hindus; 7.8% Anglicans; 6% Muslims, other
From the country
- MARCH 14, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Privy Council ruling of March 11 that the mandatory...
The Privy Council ruling of March 11 that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in the eastern Caribbean may benefit around 70 prisoners awaiting execution in Trinidad
- MARCH 11, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH 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 1, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory...
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the last court of appeal
- DECEMBER 15, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure from voters over rising violent crime,...
Under pressure from voters over rising violent crime, several Caribbean governments, including Trinidad, have joined forces to create a regional court to ease the application of the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The ten men sentenced to death on August 7 for the...
The ten men sentenced to death on August 7 for the murder of Thackoor Boodram form the single largest group sentenced to death for one murder in the history of Trinidad and Tobago
- AUGUST 7, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Ten Trinidadian men were sentenced to death after a...
Ten Trinidadian men were sentenced to death after a jury in Port of Spain found them guilty of killing a man they had kidnapped and held for ransom
- MARCH 23, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were...
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were sentenced to hang after they were convicted of killing their 2-year-old daughter by burying her alive in an outhouse cesspit
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the...
Trinidad and Tobago 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, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory...
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the last court of appeal
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Ishmael Samad, contesting the Couva South seat, said...
Ishmael Samad, contesting the Couva South seat, said the election was an opportunity for him to champion his beliefs
- JUNE 4, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The London-based human rights group Caribbean Justice,...
The London-based human rights group Caribbean Justice, which works for the abolition of the death penalty, said that Trinidad and Tobago was not a safer place and the murder rate was climbing despite 11 state executions in 1999
- APRIL 18, 2000Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
An opinion poll published in April by the St
An opinion poll published in April by the St