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There are three magistrates' courts in Antigua and Barbuda. District "A" [4] District "B" (Saint George, Saint Paul, Saint Philip, Saint Peter, Saint Mary) [5] District "C" [6] The Minister may occasionally set the boundaries of the various districts in Antigua and Barbuda. There will be as many magistrates working for the government as necessary.
The justices of the high court for Antigua and Barbuda are assigned to the country by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC) of the OECS. [1] Justices of the High Court must retire at the sixty-five, however, the JLSC may extend a justice's term by three years upon the agreement of the heads of government of all of the states participating in the ECSC. [2]
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is a superior court of record for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), [1] including six independent states: Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and three British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Montserrat).
Fabian Jones, the Barbuda Council senator, is a member of the Barbuda People's Movement, and an opposition senator. [1] The other opposition senators are members of the United Progressive Party. [2] Kiz Johnson is an independent senator. [3] The remaining senators represent the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party. [4]
The Attorney-General shall be a Minister by virtue of holding the office of Attorney-General, and the provisions of subsections (3) to (6) of section 69 of the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda shall apply to the office of Attorney-General if he is an elected member of the House at the time of his appointment or later becomes such a member ...
The opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) won the 2004 election, and its leader Winston Baldwin Spencer was prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 2004 to 2014. [1] The elections to the House of Representatives were held on 12 June 2014. The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party government was elected with fourteen seats.
According to this chapter, Antigua and Barbuda is a unitary sovereign democratic state. Its territory consists of the islands of Antigua, Barbuda, and Redonda as well as all other areas that made up Antigua as of October 31, 1981, as well as any additional areas that may be added by act of the legislature. [6]
Antigua and Barbuda faces significant issues with gender equality. As of December 2020, Antigua and Barbuda has only adopted 44.4% of legal frameworks that protect women's rights, [1] and as of December 2024, only 5.6% of seats in the House of Representatives [2] and 41.2% of seats held in the unelected Senate are held by women. [3]