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
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago voted against...
Trinidad and Tobago voted against...
- NOVEMBER 2, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
the Congress of the People (COP) says if elected it will give citizens...
the Congress of the People (COP) says if elected it will give citizens...
- JULY 19, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR COP WHO SHOT PARTYING YOUTH
Acting Chief Justice Roger Hamel-Smith of the Appeal Court in Trinidad &...
- MARCH 30, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JAMAICAN FRIEND
Kelloy Koon Koon was sentenced to death in Trinidad for the murder of his friend Mark Brown, whom he
- MARCH 28, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Kanhai, 32, was sentenced to death in Trinidad...
Andrew Kanhai, 32, was sentenced to death in Trinidad...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Trinidad & 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.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Deochan Ganga, 25, a fisherman, and Dinesh Benjamin, 24, a gardener...
- MARCH 21, 2006Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Constable Dave Burnett, a Trinidad and Tobago police officer with 13 years experience, was sentenced to hang after being found guilty of the murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Trinidad & 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.
- JUNE 19, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT’S HANGING DECISION AN ACT OF DESPERATION, CATHOLIC NEWS
the Government's decision to resume hangings is an act of desperation and political expediency, according to a page one editorial in Trinidad and Tobago’s Catholic News.
- JUNE 14, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT CRITICISED OVER DECISION TO RESUME HANGINGS
the Patrick Manning administration was warned that Trinidad and Tobago's reputation in the international community could be in jeopardy, if the government insisted on acting against a civilized judicial system.
- JUNE 13, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BARS THE HANGING OF CONVICTED MURDERERS
High Court judge Ian Benjamin ordered that Trinidad and Tobago not carry out any executions for at least four days.