Summary: This report summarises hearings on children's rights in Barbados held by the Inter-American Commission, reports by the Commission's Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child, and cases brought by the Commission and Court.Barbados is a member of...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are...
Summary: General overview of Barbados' national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.National laws on children's rights
Status of the CRC in national lawInternational treaties, such as the...
Summary: Information about institutions in Barbados that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudspersons
The Office of the Ombudsman was created by the Ombudsman Act of 1987 and tasked with ascertaining whether injustice has been caused by...
Life sentences in countries that practice inhuman sentencing.
Antigua and Barbuda
Life sentence for treason regardless of age: The Treason Act (article 8) sets a mandatory life sentence for treason offences, and the government has reported that this...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
Report detailing the legality of inhuman sentencing against children in Barbados. Capital punishment is unlawful for persons under 18 at the time of the offence, but sentences of life imprisonment and corporal punishment are lawful.
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This 21st annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2010 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic...
