Barbados
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
- News items in the archive
- 68
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Barbados is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 68 news items on Barbados, from 1999 to today.
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- JANUARY 1, 2000BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny
- NOVEMBER 11, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On November 11, at the Third Committee of the General...
On November 11, at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), Antigua and Barbuda, also speaking on behalf of Barbados, said International Law recognized that the decision on that form of punishment fell wi
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the Deputy Permanent Representative...
On November 4, the Deputy Permanent Representative at the United Nations in New York, in a statement made at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 118, question of implementation of human rights instruments, said the movement to promote the
- OCTOBER 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
In October, Foreign Minister Billie Miller stated,...
In October, Foreign Minister Billie Miller stated, "We must reject any attempt to impose a blanket abolition on countries around the world
- AUGUST 22, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went...
On August 22, a delegation from Hands off Cain went to Barbados to lobby for the resolution for a moratorium that the European Union was planning to present at the UN General Assembly
- JULY 22, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Barbados 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
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
In February, when Parliament opened, the Governor explained...
In February, when Parliament opened, the Governor explained the program for next five years
- JANUARY 1, 1999BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny