Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

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Overview

Trinidad and Tobago is covered by a National Human Rights Advisor deployed to the United Nations Country Team (UNCT). This Advisor provides human rights expertise to national authorities, civil society and UN partners.

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News & Statements

Latest news

03 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Iran, Kuwait, Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America and Venezuela

03 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Iran, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and Venezuela

06 Oct 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Human Rights Committee to review Iran, Venezuela, Kuwait, United States, Trinidad and Tobago and Korea

26 Jul 2023

Special Procedures

Trinidad and Tobago: Court ruling on deportations will gravely impact refugees and migrants, UN experts say

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Latest statements & messages

25 Nov 2020

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell on Trinidad and Tobago’s deportation of 25 Venezuelans, including 16 children

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CCPR/C/TTO/CO/5: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Trinidad and Tobago

CEDAW/C/TTO/CO/4-7: Concluding observations on the combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of Trinidad and Tobago

CRC/C/TTO/CO/2: Concluding observations

E/C.12/1/Add.80: Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

A/56/18 paras. 343-359: Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CCPR/CO/70/TTO: Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures

External Resources

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Americas Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 92 48

Field

Office of the UN Resident Coordinator
3A Chancery Lane, Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago

Photo credit: EPA/Andrea De Silva

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