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
JULY 16, 2015Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: PRIVY COUNCIL REFUSES TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCE...FIRST TIME IN 22 YEARS
For the first time in 22 years, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), by a majority ruling,
- JANUARY 1, 2015Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
MARCH 26, 2014Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING BOY
The death sentence was read to a Chaguanas man at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain after he was found
- FEBRUARY 16, 2014Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: KILLER TO BE RESENTENCED
A man convicted of murder in Trinidad and Tobago in 2008 will be resentenced after the Privy Council
- JANUARY 1, 2014Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
NOVEMBER 8, 2013Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: PIXIE'S KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The man who raped 16-year-old Pixie Lakhan six times over four hours before strangling her with
- OCTOBER 29, 2013Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence was read twice in less than five minutes to two brothers from Laventille
the death sentence was read twice in less than five minutes to two brothers from Laventille
- OCTOBER 9, 2013Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
CARIBBEAN URGED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged Caribbean countries that
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: THE SENTENCE IS DEATH BY HANGING
The death sentence was read out to Daniel Agard, 29, who was convicted in Trinidad and Tobago
- JANUARY 31, 2013Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
in Trinidad and Tobago, a man was sentenced to death
in Trinidad and Tobago, a man was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2013Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
OCTOBER 7, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: 2 MEN TO HANG, 1 GETS RETRIAL
In Trinidad and Tobago, two men were convicted of murder and sentenced to death while