Statement by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Kumar Iyer, at Antigua and Barbuda's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The United Kingdom warmly congratulates Antigua and Barbuda for the successful organisation of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week.
We welcome Antigua and Barbuda’s participation in the Universal Periodic Review and thank the delegation for its engagement. Moreover, we welcome the change in sentencing guidelines in 2020, which will further reduce the likelihood of the death penalty being applied.
We urge the government to consider what further reform is needed to continue to tackle pressing concerns, such as ensuring equal rights for all and domestic violence.
Maintains the de facto moratorium on executions and undertakes a review of legislation on the death penalty with a view to abolition.