BAHAMAS

COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Arthur Hanna
Head of government: Perry Gladstone Christie
Death penalty: retentionist
International Criminal Court: signed
UN Womens Convention: ratified
Optional Protocol to UN Womens Convention: not signed

urgent action

Most recent documents

Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Bahamas: Amnesty International regrets rejection of recommendations to abolish the death penalty

annual report 2007

Privy Council abolishes mandatory death sentence