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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 04:48:27+00:00

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U.S. Department of State, Background Note: Saint Kitts and Nevis, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2341.htm, Nov. 9, 2009.
 U.N., World Macro Regions and Components, U.N. Doc. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.R/29, 2000.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2008, p. 17, ACT 50/003/2009, Mar. 24, 2009; The Associated Press, St. Kitts hangs man in rare execution, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28318631/, Dec. 20, 2008.
 The Associated Press, St. Kitts hangs man in rare execution, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28318631/, Dec. 20, 2008.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2017, p. 30, ACT 50/7955/2018, Apr. 12, 2018.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions 2018, p. 14, 50/9870/2019, Apr. 10, 2019.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2008, p. 17, ACT 50/003/2009, Mar. 24, 2009.
 Amnesty Intl., Death Sentence and Executions in 2007, p. 6, ACT 50/001/2008, Apr. 15, 2008.
The Constitution provides for the sentence of death for the crimes of “treason or murder.”  We did not find the criminal law of Saint Kitts and Nevis or any sentencing decisions relevant to whether the death penalty is still enabled by law for treason.
As of August 5, 2010, we lacked statutory resources to fully answer this question. Given that Saint Kitts and Nevis derives from the Commonwealth legal tradition, it is highly likely that individuals below the age of 18 at the time of the crime, pregnant women, the intellectually disabled and the mentally ill are at least somewhat protected from execution.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 4(1), No. 881 of Jun. 23, 1983.
 Director of Public Prosecutions v. Wycliffe Liburd, paras. 18, 27, Suit No. SKBHCR 2009/0007, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Oct. 22, 2009; Wilson v. The Queen, Civil Appeal No. 30 of 2004, para. 17, Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, Nov. 28, 2005.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 4(1), Jun. 23, 1983.
 Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle, The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective, pp. 107, 282, Oxford University Press, 4th ed., 2008; Spence v. The Queen, p. 24, Criminal Appeal No. 20 of 1998, Court of Appeal, 2001.
 Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle, The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective, pp. 107, 282, Oxford University Press, 4th ed., 2008; Spence v. The Queen, p. 24, para. 215, Criminal Appeal No. 20 of 1998, Court of Appeal, 2001.
 Fox v. The Queen, paras. 8, 10, Privy Council Appeal no. 66 of 2000, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 2002.
 Director of Public Prosecutions v. Wycliffe Liburd, para. 18, Suit No. SKBHCR 2009/0007, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Oct. 22, 2009.
 The Associated Press, St. Kitts hangs man in rare execution, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28318631/, Dec. 20, 2008; WinnFM, LaPlace Hanged, http://www.winnfm.com/news2.asp?NewsID=2978, Dec. 19, 2008.
 Status, Declarations, and Reservations, Conv. on the Rights of the Child, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3, Nov. 20, 1989, http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-11&chapter=4?=en, last accessed Jul. 30, 2010.
 Greene Browne v. The Queen, pp. 1-2, Privy Council Appeal No. 3 of 1998, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1999.
 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 Jul. 30, 2010.
 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 Jul. 30, 2010.
 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 Jul. 30, 2010.
 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 Jul. 30, 2010.
 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 Jul. 30, 2010.
 U.N.G.A., 62nd Session, 76th Plenary Meeting, pp. 16-17, U.N. Doc. A/62/PV.76, Dec. 18, 2007.
The constitution does not address the protection of human rights under international law.
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, a regional court for nine member states, publishes judgments here: http://www.eccourts.org/judgments.html. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council publishes its judgments at http://www.jcpc.gov.uk/decided-cases/index.html (starting in August 2009) and http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/Page31.asp (before August 2009).
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 28(1)(e), No. 881 of Jun. 23, 1983.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 31(4)(a), No. 881 of Jun. 23, 1983.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 66, No. 881 of Jun. 23, 1983.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 67, No. 881 of Jun. 23, 1983.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 68(1), No. 881 of Jun. 23, 1983.
 Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle, The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective, p. 105, Oxford University Press, 4th ed., 2008; Amnesty Intl., St Kitts and Nevis: First hanging in 13 years -a backward step for the Caribbean, AMR 59/01/98, Jul. 20, 1998.
 Pratt and Morgan v. Jamaica, pp. 26-27, Privy Council Appeal No. 10 of 1993, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1993.
 Attorney General v. Boyce, paras. 15, 47, 117, 126, 131, 138-139, Appeal No. CV 2 of 2005, Caribbean Court of Justice, Jun. 21, 2006 (discussing the effect of the 5-year limit imposed by Pratt).
 Afua Hirsch, Man Hanged in Rare St. Kitts Execution had not Exhausted Appeals Rights, say Campaigners, Guardian.co.uk, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/23/capital-punishment-human-rights-caribbean, Dec. 23, 2008.
 Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle, The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective, pp. 107, 282, Oxford University Press, 2008; Spence v. The Queen, p. 24 & para. 215, Criminal Appeal No. 20 of 1998, Court of Appeal, 2001.
 Director of Public Prosecutions v. Wycliffe Liburd, generally, Suit No. SKBHCR 2009/0007, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Oct. 22, 2009.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 68(1), 1983 no. 881, Jun. 23, 1983.
 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order of 1983, art. 66, 1983 no. 881, Jun. 23, 1983.
 U.S. Dept. of State, 2009 Human Rights Report: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Denial of Fair Public Trial, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136124.htm, Mar. 11, 2010.
As of July 30, 2010, there are no known individuals currently under the sentence of death who were under the age of 18 at the time of the crime’s commission. Saint Kitts and Nevis has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child,  which prohibits the execution of individuals for crimes committed while under the age of 18.
As of August 5, 2010, we did not determine whether lawyers are available for indigent prisoners on appeal.
We have no other comments on the criminal justice system upon completion of our research.
 David Jones, Return of the noose : St Kitts has just hanged its first man for a decade and believes it is the only way to beat violent crime, The Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1110973/Return-noose-St-Kitts-just-hanged-man-decade-believes-way-beat-violent-crime.html, Jan. 12, 2009.
 U.S. Dept. of State, 2009 Human Rights Report: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136124.htm, Mar. 11, 2010.
 Mark Warren, Foreigners Under Sentence of Death Worldwide, http://users.xplornet.com/~mwarren/world.html, May 7, 2010.
 Amnesty Intl., St Kitts and Nevis: Death Penalty / Legal Concern, AMR 59/001/2009, Feb. 12, 2009.
 Amnesty Intl., St Kitts and Nevis: Death Penalty / Legal Concern, AMR 59/001/2009, Feb. 12, 2009; Afua Hirsch, Man hanged in rare St Kitts execution had not exhausted appeal rights, say campaigners, The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/23/capital-punishment-human-rights-caribbean, Dec. 23, 2008.
Saint Kitts and Nevis is not a party to the ICCPR,  so the Human Rights Committee does not issue observations pursuant to periodic review or decisions on petitions filed by individuals.
 Universal Periodic Review, Saint Kitts and Nevis, http://www.upr-info.org/-Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis-.html, 2010; 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 Jul. 30, 2010.
 Universal Periodic Review, Saint Kitts and Nevis, http://www.upr-info.org/-Saint-Kitts-and-Nevis-.html, 2010.

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