Trinidad and Tobago: Death penalty / legal concern: Proposed extension of the death penalty would violate international obligations

Index Number: AMR 49/002/1997
Date Published: 17 November 1997
Categories: Americas, Trinidad & Tobago

The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago reportedly annouced that those convicted of rape may soon face the death penalty. The extension of the death penalty, which abolition AI remains comitted to, would be a violation of Trinidad and Tobago's obligations under the Ameriacn Convention of Human Rights.