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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021
Basic Information
Population
591 800
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
President Chan Santokhi (since 2020)
Head of government party
Progressive Reform Party
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
List Proportional Representation
Women in lower or single chamber
29.4%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
2020
Effective number of political parties
4.15
Head of state
President Chan Santokhi
Selection process for head of state
Indirect election (if 2/3 majority not reached in assembly, election goes to assembly + regional/local representatives)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
01/11/2021
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
84.35%
Human Rights Treaties
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
Equal Remuneration Convention
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Regional Treaties
American Convention on Human Rights
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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