Trinidad and Tobago: Information on whether a former battered spouse can apply for protection against her ex-husband even if the abuse took place in Canada
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TTO18087.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Trinidad and Tobago: Information on whether a former battered spouse can apply for protection against her ex-husband even if the abuse took place in Canada, 1 August 1994, TTO18087.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abea47.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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According to a representative of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) in Trinidad and Tobago, a former spouse can apply for legal protection against her ex-husband even if the abuse took place outside Trinidad and Tobago (29 July 1994). Further or corroborative information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
For general information on the protection available to women victims of domestic violence in Trinidad and Tobago, please consult the DIRB November 1993 Human Rights Brief Women in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Responses to Information Requests TTO17861.E of 28 June 1994, TTO17528.E of 14 June 1994 and TTO14151.E and TTO14540.E, both of 18 June 1993. All these documents are available at your Regional Documentation Centre. In addition, atttached please find several recent media reports on spousal abuse in Trinidad and Tobago and enforcement of the 1991 Domestic Violence Act, which may be of interest.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of additional sources consulted in researching this information request.
Reference
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), Trinidad and Tobago. 29 July 1994. Letter faxed to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Attachments
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), St-Augustine. 29 July 1994. Letter faxed to the DIRB in Ottawa.
The Gazette [Montréal]. 9 March 1994. Final Edition. Jacquie Miller. "Sex-Bias Victims Find Refuge Here; Refugee Board Alters Stand Toward Persecuted Women." (NEXIS)
Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation, Information and Research Services, Ottawa. 28 July 1994. Letter faxed to the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) in Trinidad and Tobago.
Inter Press Service (IPS). 13 July 1994. Nesta Ellis. "Trinidad and Tobago Human Rights: A Whipping a Day ...." (NEXIS)
_____. 8 February 1994. "Trinidad and Tobago: Carnival is High Season for Spouse Abuse." (NEXIS)
_____. 21 October 1993. Nesta Ellis. "Trinidad and Tobago: Domestic Violence Law Under Siege." (NEXIS)
_____. 13 september 1993. Nesta Ellis. "Caribbean: Women Trying to Inform, Protect Against Discrimination." (NEXIS)
The Toronto Star. 17 September 1992. Final Edition. "Trinidad Can Protect Woman, Ottawa Insists." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1993. 1994.
Oral sources.
