Greetings everyone and thank you executive board for recognizing the delegate of

Barbados. The delegate of Barbados believe that it is the utmost obligation of state
authorities, including police, to respect and protect the right to life. Barbados has a long-
standing and consistent tradition of resolute commitment to promote, protect and respect
human rights and fundamental freedoms. Barbados is a developing State with a stable
and multi-racial democracy, a high rating on the UNDP human development index, and a
tradition of good governance and sound financial management with those core values
and characteristics, Barbados had become a party to a large and ever expanding body
of regional and international human rights instruments. The delegate of Barbados
supports and follows Barbados police force's “zero tolerance” policy. The Government
had set up an independent authority to investigate allegations of police misconduct, but
the problem was not acute and the authority had received few complaints thus far. hence
the delegate of Barbados would like to say Barbados is a democratic, peace-loving nation who does
not support police brutality.

Zero Tolerance

zero tolerance policy is a policy to reduce the force that are out of control say, zero-tolerance policy
against curfew breachers, zero tolerance to gun violation and etc. The delegate of Barbados can
proudly say that the policy is very effective as it reduced the police brutality cases from
minimum to nun. The Barbodian population seems satisfied with the operations of their
police force for it is reported that the PCA has received no complaints in the time of its
existence.

Police brutality overview

Barbados appears to have fewer problems of police abuse of power than many of their other
Caribbean neighbours. The US State Department Country Report for 2006 states that ì[t]he majority
of complaints against the police alleged unprofessional conduct and beating or assaultî including
complaints that police beat suspects to obtain confessions (confessions which are often recanted
during trial). The Barbodian population seems satisfied with the operations of their police force for it
is reported that the PCA has received no complaints in the time of its existence. The bardodian
police only uses the force on someone who do not obey the law or to intarogate other than this
the barbodien police is very peaceful.

DEATH PENALTY Law

“Barbados has nothing to hide,” I request the Committee not to adopt a “punitive
approach” in its deliberations, nor to distort Barbados’ record by focusing solely on
certain laws –- notably the death penalty law - which were prohibited by the Covenant
but reflected the cultural and societal mores of the Barbadian people. 

although the Covenant had not been incorporated into domestic law, the country’s
Constitution had a Bill of Rights which embodied its principles as well as a plethora of
ordinary laws that guaranteed fundamental rights and freedoms.  Barbadian legislators
were updating legislation carried over from colonial times according to current legal and
political needs
Although Barbados still had the death penalty, he continued, no one had been executed
since 1983.  Under the 2002 Constitutional Amendment Act, the Governor General of
Barbados set parameters so that penalties were brought to conclusion within a
reasonable period of time and after all remedies had been exhausted.  It was not in the
interest of the person sentenced to death, the State or society to protract things. 
Barbados prohibited torture.  It had a tort law.  A legislative act protected against all
offences against liberty, and penalties for those convicted of such offences ranged from
10 years to life in prison.  The courts and people of Barbados had not found difficulty
with that system.

In Barbados, as in the rest of the Caribbean, the Police Service Commission (PSC) is
appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister. The PSC in turn
appoints the Police Commissioner. The members of the PCA are appointed by the
Governor General and under the direction of the Attorney General and investigate
killings or injuries by the police and any other cases referred to them by the Police
Commissioner.
Barbados appears to have fewer problems of police abuse of power than many of their
other Caribbean neighbours. The US State Department Country Report for 2006 states
that ì[t]he majority of complaints against the police alleged unprofessional conduct and
beating or assaultî including complaints that police beat suspects to obtain confessions
(confessions which are often recanted during trial), although three persons were killed by
police during the year under review. The Bajan population seems satisfied with the
operations of their police force for it is reported that the PCA has received no complaints
in the time of its existence.