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U.S. Dept. of State, Background Note: Grenada, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2335.htm, Jan. 7, 2011.
 U.N. World Macro Regions and Components, U.N. Doc. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.R/29, 2000.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Penalty: Countries Abolitionist in Practice, http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/countries-abolitionist-in-practice, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011. An additional review of Amnesty International’s reports revealed no executions, nor any reports on Antigua and Barbuda, over the last decade. See Amnesty’s publications database at http://www.amnesty.org/en/ai_search.
 Richard Clark, Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth, Capital Punishment U.K., http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/common.html, last accessed Jan. 17, 2011.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2017, p. 12, ACT 50/7955/2018, Apr. 12, 2018.
 DPW Executions and Death Sentences Monitor.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions 2018, p. 13, 50/9870/2019, Apr. 10, 2019.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions 2017, p. 12, ACT 50/7955/2018, Apr. 12, 2018.
 Amnesty International, Death sentences and executions in 2016, ACT 50/5740/2017, Apr. 11, 2017.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2014, ACT 50/001/2015, Mar. 31, 2015.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2013, ACT 50/001/2014, Mar. 26, 2014.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2012, ACT 50/001/2012, Apr. 9, 2013.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2011, ACT 50/001/2012, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT50/001/2012/en, Mar. 27, 2012.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2010, p. 5, ACT 50/001/2011, Mar. 28, 2011.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2009, p. 6, ACT 50/001/2010, Mar. 30, 2010.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2008, p. 8, ACT 50/003/2009, Mar. 24, 2009.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2007, p. 6, ACT 50/001/2008, Apr. 15, 2008.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Penalty: Countries Abolitionist in Practice, http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/countries-abolitionist-in-practice, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
Does the country have a mandatory death penalty?
For Which Offenses, If Any, Is a Mandatory Death Sentence Imposed?
Individuals Below Age 18 At Time of Crime.
Grenada’s national law forbids the execution of individuals for crimes committed while under the age of 18,  and Grenada has ratified the ICCPR,  CRC  and ACHR,  which prohibit that practice.
Grenada has ratified the ICCPR  and the ACHR,  which prohibit the execution of pregnant women. We did not find the Code of Criminal Procedure, which would typically set forth exclusions for pregnant or nursing women.
Grenada’s Constitution does not provide that treaties have the force of national law,  and we do not know whether Grenada has fully enacted the rights implied by its international and regional treaty obligations. We did not locate Grenada’s Code of Criminal Procedure—we believe that fuller access to the law would clarify the exclusions Grenada applies.
 Grenada Criminal Code of 1987, art. 230, amended by Act 36 of 1993.
 Barry v. Queen, paras. 60-62, Criminal Appeals No. 5, 9 & 10 of 2004, ECSC Court of Appeal, May 14, 2007; Hughes and Spence v. Queen, para. 44, Appeals No. 14 of 1997 and 20 of 1998, ECSC Court of Appeals, Apr. 2, 2001.
 Grenada Criminal Code of 1987, art. 322, amended by Act 36 of 1993.
 Grenada Criminal Code of 1987, art. 325, amended by Act 36 of 1993.
 For instance, assuming the phrase targets England’s law on a specific date, we do not know when the clause was written, or whether it would refer to the 1987 reenactment of the Criminal Code, or else the original 1958 Grenada code. It may be more likely that the phrase refers to England’s laws in 1958, or else provisions for the death penalty would be contradictory.
 Barry v. Queen, paras. 60-62, Criminal Appeals No. 5, 9 & 10 of 2004, ECSC Court of Appeal, May 14, 2007. For further case law, reference the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s judgments at http://eccourts.org/judgments.html.
 Coard v. A.G. of Grenada, para. 34, Appeal No. 10 of 1996, JCPC, Feb. 7, 2007.
 Grenada Criminal Code of 1987, arts. 230, 322 amended by Act 36 of 1993.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, ICCPR, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Dec. 16, 1966, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-4&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, CRC, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3, Aug. 20, 1989, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 Status, Declarations, Reservations, Denunciations, Withdrawals, B-32: Amer. Conv. on Human Rights, Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 22, 1969, http://cidh.oas.org/basicos/english/basic4.amer.conv.ratif.htm, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 Gilbert v. Queen, para. 18, Criminal Appeal No. 11 of 2001, ECSC Court of Appeals, Nov. 25, 2002.
 Jacob v. Queen, p. 8-9, Criminal Appeal No. 7 of 1994, ECSC Court of Appeals, Dec. 8, 1997.
 The Grenada Constitution Order, Dec. 19, 1973.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Dec. 16, 1966, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-5&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Second Optional Prot. to the ICCPR, Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty, 1642 U.N.T.S. 414, Dec. 15, 1989, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-12&chapter=4〈=en, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 Status, Declarations, Reservations, Denunciations, Withdrawals, A-53: Prot. to the Amer. Conv. on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, Jun. 8, 1990, http://cidh.oas.org/basicos/english/basic8.death%20penalty%20ratif.htm, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 U.N.G.A., 71st Session, Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, paras. 54-71 U.N. Doc. A/71/484/Add.2, Dec. 6, 2016.
 U.N.G.A., 71st Session, Note Verbale dated 7 September 2017, U.N. Doc. A/71/1047, Sep. 13, 2017.
 U.N.G.A., 69th Session, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, paras. 141, 144, U.N. Doc. A/69/488/Add.2, Dec. 8, 2014.
 U.N.G.A., 69th Session, 73rd Plenary Meeting, pp. 17-18, U.N. Doc. A/69/PV.73, Dec. 18, 2014.
 U.N.G.A., 69th Session, Note Verbale dated 28 July 2015, U.N. Doc. A/69/993, Jul. 29, 2015.
 U.N.G.A., 67th Session, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, paras. 95-96, U.N. Doc. A/67/457/Add.2, Dec. 8, 2012.
 U.N.G.A., 67th Session, 60th Plenary Meeting, pp. 16-17, U.N. Doc. A/67/PV.60, Dec. 20, 2012.
 U.N.G.A., 67th Session, Note Verbale dated 16 April 2013, U.N. Doc. A/67/841, Apr. 23, 2013.
 U.N.G.A., 65th Session, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, p. 5, U.N. Doc. A/65/456/Add.2, Dec. 8, 2010.
 U.N.G.A., 65th Session, 71st Plenary Meeting, pp. 18-19, U.N. Doc. A/65/PV.71, Dec. 21, 2010.
 U.N.G.A., 65th Session, Note Verbale dated 11 March 2011, U.N. Doc. A/65/779, Mar. 11, 2011.
 U.N.G.A., 63rd session, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, U.N. Doc. A/63/430/Add.2, Dec. 4, 2008.
 U.N.G.A., 63rd Session, 70th Plenary Meeting, pp. 16- 17, U.N. Doc. A/63/PV.70, Dec. 18, 2008.
 U.N.G.A., 63rd Session, Note Verbale dated 10 February 2009, U.N. Doc. A/63/716, Feb. 12, 2009.
 U.N.G.A., 62nd Session, Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, U.N. Doc. A/62/439/Add.2, Dec. 5, 2007.
 U.N.G.A., 62nd Session, 76th Plenary Meeting, pp. 16- 17, U.N. Doc. A/62/PV.76, Dec. 18, 2007.
 U.N.G.A., 62nd Session, Note Verbale dated 11 January 2008, U.N. Doc. A/62/658, Feb. 2, 2008.
Does the country’s constitution make reference to capital punishment?
Does the country’s constitution make reference to international law?
Have there been any significant changes in the application of the death penalty over the last several years?
Is there currently an official moratorium on executions within the country?
Have there been any significant published cases concerning the death penalty in national courts?
Where can one locate or access judicial decisions regarding the death penalty?
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is Grenada’s highest domestic court, and its jurisprudence can be searched at http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/Page31.asp.
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court serves as Grenada’s Court of Appeals, and its jurisprudence can be searched at http://eccourts.org/judgments.html.
What is the clemency process?
Are jury trials provided for defendants charged with capital offenses?
 The Grenada Constitution Order, art. 2(1), Dec. 19, 1973.
 Hughes and Spence v. Queen, para. 44, Appeals No. 14 of 1997 and 20 of 1998, ECSC Court of Appeals, Apr. 2, 2001.
 Queen v. Hughes, Appeal No. 91 of 2001, JCPC, Mar. 11, 2002.
 Queen v. Knights, paras. 1, 7, 18, 28, Case No. GDAHCR1994/0212, Grenada and West Indies High Court of Justice, May 28, 2010. Note that the prisoner was no longer considered on death row in the 6th year after his conviction, and was moved to general population; finally, the Court recognized the Pratt & Morgan rule.
 Pratt & Morgan v. A.G. of Jamaica, Appeal No. 10 of 1993, JCPC, Nov. 2, 1993.
 Queen v. Knights, paras. 1, 7, 18, 28, Case No. GDAHCR1994/0212, Grenada and West Indies High Court of Justice, May 28, 2010. Note that the prisoner was no longer considered on death row in the 6th year after his conviction, and was treated as general population.
 UPR-Info.org, Recommendations and Responses: Grenada, p. 4, http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/Recommendations_to_Grenada_2010.pdf, Jan. 13, 2011.
 Queen v. Knights, paras. 1, 7, 18, 28, Case No. GDAHCR1994/0212, Grenada and West Indies High Court of Justice, May 28, 2010. Note that the prisoner was no longer considered on death row in the 6th year after his conviction, and was treated as general population; finally, the Court recognized the Pratt & Morgan rule.
 Hughes and Spence v. Queen, p. 15-22, Appeals No. 14 of 1997 and 20 of 1998, ECSC Court of Appeals, Apr. 2, 2001.
 The Grenada Constitution Order, arts. 2(1), 5(1), Dec. 19, 1973. The ECSC rejected the contention that a bare requirement that a death penalty be applied “in accordance with law” requires nothing more than compliance with the statutory law. The ECSC held that such this “requires the Court to ensure that any procedure which takes away life should be reasonable, just and fair.” Hughes and Spence v. Queen, paras. 51-52, Appeals No. 14 of 1997 and 20 of 1998, ECSC Court of Appeals, Apr. 2, 2001.
 U.S. Dept. of State, 2009 Human Rights Report: Grenada, Denial of Fair Public Trial, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136113.htm, Mar. 11, 2010 (note that capital trials are in the High Court).
 The Grenada Constitution Order, arts. 72-74, Dec. 19, 1973.
 Coard v. A.G. of Grenada, Appeal No. 10 of 1996, JCPC, Feb. 7, 2007. See the title page and the case history.
 The Grenada Constitution Order, arts. 101-104, Dec. 19, 1973.
Where Are Death-Sentenced Prisoners incarcerated?
Are there any known foreign nationals currently under sentence of death?
We did not determine whether any foreign nationals are currently under sentence of death.
What are the nationalities of the known foreign nationals on death row?
Are there any known women currently under sentence of death?
We did not determine whether any women are currently under sentence of death.
Are there any reports of individuals currently under sentence of death who may have been under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed?
We did not find any reports regarding the racial or ethnic composition of death row.
Are there lawyers available for indigent defendants facing capital trials?
Are there lawyers available for indigent prisoners on appeal?
We did not find any comments on the quality of legal representation.
 Intl. Center for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief: Grenada, King’s College, London, http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_country.php?country=64, last accessed Jan 16, 2011; Queen v. Knights, paras. 7, 28, Case No. GDAHCR1994/0212, Grenada and West Indies High Court of Justice, May 28, 2010.
 Intl. Center for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief: Grenada, King’s College, London, http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_country.php?country=64, last accessed Feb 20, 2011.
 U.S. Dept. of State, 2009 Human Rights Report: Grenada, Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136113.htm, Mar. 11, 2010; Intl. Center for Prison Studies, World Prison Brief: Grenada, King’s College, London, http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_country.php?country=64, last accessed Jan 16, 2011.
 Grenada homepage at the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/LACRegion/Pages/GDIndex.aspx, last accessed Jan. 16, 2011.
 U.N.G.A., Human Rights Council, Report of the Working Group on the UPR, paras. 71.6, 71.38-48, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/15/12, Jun. 16, 2010; U.N.G.A., Human Rights Council, Decision Adopted by the Human Rights Council, 15/109, Outcome of the UPR: Grenada, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/DEC/15/109, Oct. 8, 2010.
 UPR-Info.org, Recommendations and Responses: Grenada, p. 2-4, http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/Recommendations_to_Grenada_2010.pdf, Jan. 13, 2011.
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