government: parliamentary republic

state of civil and political rights: Partly free

constitution: signed into law 6 September 2013

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

legislative system: unicameral Parliament

judicial system: Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice, all justices of the Court of Appeal, and judges appointed specifically as Supreme Court judges); Court of Appeal (consists of the court president, all puisne judges of the High Court, and judges specifically appointed to the Court of Appeal); High Court (chaired by the chief justice and includes a minimum of 10 puisne judges; High Court organized into civil, criminal, family, employment, and tax divisions); Magistrates' Court (organized into civil, criminal, juvenile, and small claims divisions)

religion: Protestant 45% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 3.9%, and Anglican 0.8%), Hindu 27.9%, other Christian 10.4%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other 0.3%, none 0.8% (2007 est.)

death row:

year of last executions: 0-0-0

death sentences: 0

executions: 0