government: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm

state of civil and political rights: Free

constitution: 1 November 1981; amended 2009, 2011, 2018

legal system: common law based on the English model; has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration

legislative system: bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives

judicial system: he Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the superior court of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - headquartered in St. Lucia - consists of the Court of Appeal - headed by the chief justice and 4 judges - and the High Court with 18 judges; the Court of Appeal is itinerant, traveling to member states on a schedule to hear appeals from the High Court and subordinate courts; High Court judges reside in the member states, with 2 assigned to Antigua and Barbuda; Industrial Court; Magistrates' Courts

religion: Protestant 68.3% (Anglican 17.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.4%, Pentecostal 12.2%, Moravian 8.3%, Methodist 5.6%, Wesleyan Holiness 4.5%, Church of God 4.1%, Baptist 3.6%), Roman Catholic 8.2%, other 12.2%, unspecified 5.5%, none 5.9% (2011 est.)

death row: 0

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0