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28 September 2018
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2012
Title:
Les Petites Antilles. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
26 October 2012
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 September 2018
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Trinidad and Tobago
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/25/TTO/1
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Document:
19 February 2016
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
Summary prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21: Trinidad and Tobago
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/25/TTO/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 February 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter 2: Citizenship. The Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Accessed Date:
26 August 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Citizenship of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. U. S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Election for Trinidadian House of Representatives of 7 September 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic Violence Act. Chapter 45:56. Act 27 of 1999. Amended by 8 of 2006.
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Accessed Date:
26 August 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and supports services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 August 2012
Accessed Date:
26 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; institutional efficacy; legislation; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of Trinidad and Tobago
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
25 July 2016
Accessed Date:
26 September 2016
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention. Combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of States parties due in 2015.
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Document:
2 March 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
National Women's Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago: Final Report
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
February 2018
Author:
Cecil Pemberton; Joel Joseph
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Family and Children Division Act, 2016
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Accessed Date:
26 September 2016
Title:
Miscellaneous Provisions (Marriage) Act, 2017
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Document:
22 June 2017
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago Non-Governmental Organizations. The combined fourth to seventh periodic report of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Shadow Report 2016.
Source:
Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women et al.
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago. Judiciary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
Situation and treatment of sexual minorities; state protection and support services; whether Sections 13 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Act and Section 8(1)(e) of the Immigration Act are enforced (2011-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 August 2015
Accessed Date:
25 August 2015
Keywords:
conflict; crime; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gangs; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago: Court Overturns Same-Sex Intimacy Ban
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 April 2018
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
Sexual Offences Act. Chapter 11:28. Act 27 of 1986, amended 2012.
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Government efforts to fight crime, including organized crime and gangs; state protection offered to victims, including effectiveness and resources (2012-January 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 January 2014
Accessed Date:
26 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; gangs; judicial corruption; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Crime and Violence in Trinidad and Tobago: IDB series on crime and violence in the Caribbean
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
26 September 2016
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 January 2018
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Information on the Jamaat al muslimeen (JAM), including political and criminal activities, and violence perpetrated by members; state response (2010-February 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 March 2016
Accessed Date:
27 September 2016
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Chapter 6: The Director of Public Prosecutions and the Ombudsman. The Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Accessed Date:
26 August 2014
Keywords:
legal system; legislation
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
11.
Media Freedoms - (No items in this section)
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race - (No items in this section)
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 April 2018:
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
8 September 2017
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/td.html
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. Freedom in the World 2016.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2016/trinidad-and-tobago
Accessed Date:
9 September 2016
Keywords:
abduction; conflict; corruption; country overview; election; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; humanitarian situation; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; social services; statistics
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/TD.html
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271301.htm
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 March 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=21426
Accessed Date:
28 August 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=269012
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/2552/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
27 July 2016
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Trinidad and Tobago
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 July 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/33/15
Accessed Date:
9 September 2016
Title:
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Election for President (President) of 15 February 2013.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2263/
Accessed Date:
25 August 2014
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
URL:
http://www.genderindex.org/country/trinidad-and-tobago
Accessed Date:
12 August 2015
Keywords:
children; citizenship; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Report of Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, Diversity, the Environment and Sustainable Development on the Examination of Programmes and Services which provide support to the victims of Domestic Violence
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Document:
12 June 2015
URL:
http://www.ttparliament.org/reports/p10-s5-J-20150610-HDES-r1.pdf
Accessed Date:
30 September 2016
Title:
Criminalisation of Homosexuality. Trinidad and Tobago.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
URL:
http://www.humandignitytrust.org/uploaded/Map/Country_Reports/Trinidad_and_Tobago.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 September 2016
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268025.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268024.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 August 2017
Title:
Final Report. National Crime & Victimization Survey 2015.
Source:
Trinidad and Tobago. Ministry of National Security. Citizen Security Programme.
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
http://cso.gov.tt/media/publications-documents/
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
National Women's Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago: Final Report
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
February 2018
Author:
Cecil Pemberton; Joel Joseph
URL:
https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/8787/National-Womens-Health-Survey-for-Trinidad-and-Tobago-Final-Report.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Trinidad and Tobago: Court Overturns Same-Sex Intimacy Ban
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
13 April 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/13/trinidad-and-tobago-court-overturns-same-sex-intimacy-ban
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
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