Trinidad and Tobago
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Overview
Violence and discrimination continued towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, and women and girls. Abuse of children was a concern. Trinidad retained the mandatory death penalty for murder.
Death penalty status
Retentionist
Retains the death penalty in law
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