Antigua and Barbuda Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The Death Penalty
Date: April 10, 2026
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Partners: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty, Detention
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Partners: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty, Detention
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
Antigua and Barbuda has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1991. No
person is currently under sentence of death, and the Prime Minister has stated as recently
as March 2025 that he is not in favor of the death penalty. Nonetheless, authorities have
declined to undertake any awareness-raising efforts to build support for abolition of the
death penalty, and public outcry after high-profile crimes often includes calls for the death
penalty. People charged with potentially capital crimes do not receive timely access to
counsel. Detention conditions remain crowded and prison authorities fail to maintain
adequate hygiene.
