Trinidad and Tobago Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The Death Penalty
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Partners: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty, Detention, Gender-Based Violence, Migrant Rights
Mechanism: UN Universal Periodic Review
Report Type: Stakeholder Report
This report addresses Trinidad and Tobago's compliance with its international human
rights obligations with respect to the death penalty and related issues, such as conditions
of detention, gender-based violence, and the rights of migrants. Trinidad and Tobago has not abolished the death penalty or implemented an official
moratorium on executions. Courts continue to sentence people to death, most recently in
2024. People under sentence of death, along with others in detention, experience harsh
prison conditions. Women also remain particularly vulnerable to the death penalty as the current legal
framework prohibits courts from considering individualized mitigation evidence at
sentencing, including histories of gender-based violence and other gender-related
mitigation
