Human rights — Constitutional guarantees — Right not to be deprived of life except by due process of law — Prohibition of imposition of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment — Death penalty for murder — Whether executions should be stayed — Whether constitutional right to have petitions to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard before execution of death penalty — Whether death penalty rendered unconstitutional by inhuman conditions — Whether pre-trial delay unlawful — Trinidad and Tobago Constitution, Sections 4(a) and 5(2)(b)

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — American Convention on Human Rights, 1969 — Relevance — Convention not incorporated into law of Trinidad and Tobago — Government of Trinidad and Tobago ratifying Convention — Convention permitting access to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights — Whether Government’s instructions prescribing time limits for applications to Commission lawful — Whether execution of death penalty before determination by Commission infringing constitutional right of due process — The law of Trinidad and Tobago