Major international human rights issues that Trinidad and Tobago face
Trinidad and Tobago has a positive track record in advancing human rights, including but not limited to the right to freedom of thought and religion, opinion and expression, assembly, and education and health. However, work remains to be done in other areas of human rights development.
Women and girls in need of protection are at higher risk of violence, which includes trafficking, and sexual and gender-based violence.
Despite the decriminalisation of same-sex sexual activity in Trinidad and Tobago, its national laws offer inadequate protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit and intersex persons.
Trinidad and Tobago also suffers from:
- Arbitrary arrests and long periods of pretrial detentions
- Arbitrary deprivation of life and other unlawful killings
- Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Labour exploitation
- Access to asylum for asylum-seekers
- Refoulement
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