This report suggests questions that the Committee should pose to the government of Antigua and Barbuda in its List of Issues Prior to Reporting with respect to the death penalty. Antigua and Barbuda maintains a de facto moratorium on the death penalty and has not carried out any executions since 1991. No person is currently under sentence of death.

Domestic law authorizes the death penalty for treason, murder, and certain military offenses. Prosecutors most recently sought the death penalty in 2011, but the court declined to sentence the defendant to death.

Public awareness about the death penalty and human rights concerns about the practice is low. During its third Universal Periodic Review in 2021, Antigua and Barbuda noted recommendations to increase public awareness, citing the expense.

On December 17, 2024, Antigua and Barbuda, for the first time, joined 129 other states in the UN General Assembly to vote in favor of a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty.