Overview of anti-torture legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean Annex 2. Latin American and Caribbean legislation approaches to the legal prohibition against torture and ill-treatment N° Country 2 3 4 5 Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize 6 Bolivia 7 8 9 10 Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica 11 Cuba 12 14 15 Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador 16 Grenada 17 18 19 20 1 13 Constitutional Prohibition of torture (article) Article 7 Article 18 Article 17 (1) Article 15 (1) Article 7 Article 15 and Article 114 Article 5 (III) Article 19 (1) Article 12 Article 40 Article 58 and 59 Article 5 Specific Anti-Torture Law (article/year) Criminal Code (article) Suppression of Torture Act (1993) Article 144 Article 287 Article 295 Law N° 9 455 (1997) Article 150 Article 178 Article 123 bis Article 42 (1) Article 105 Article 151 Article 366 Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Article 66 Article 2 Article 6 (1) (i)138 Article 19 Article 141 (1) Article 68 Article 1 21 Mexico Article 24 22 23 24 26 Article 28 Article 5 Article 2 Article 5 29 Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Article 5 Article 9 Article 4 (a) and 5 (b) Article 26 30 Venezuela Article 46 27 27 28 Article 210 bis Article 209-A General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Torture (2017) Article 156-A Article 309 Article 321 Act N° 18 026 (2006) Special Law to Prevent and Punish Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2013) 138 A constitutional referendum was held in on 24 November 2016. All seven proposals were rejected by voters, including a proposal to expand the list of fundamental rights and freedoms. 25