Additionally, the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda has ratified various international conventions and treaties to protect the human rights of its population.
[3] Women have rose to some important political positions in Antigua and Barbuda, such as the former governor-general Louise Lake-Tack, multiple speakers of the House of Representatives, and the current president of the Senate Alincia Williams-Grant.
On 23 July 1982 during the V. C. Bird administration, twenty police officers raided The Outlet, a socialist anti-government newspaper.
[7][8] The press continues to be attacked in Antigua and Barbuda, with Prime Minister Gaston Browne frequently suing his political opponents and opposition newspapers for defamation.
After a series of youth violence incidents in 2024, Browne required that all public schools in the country conduct a mandatory Christian prayer in their morning assemblies.