Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

  • January 8, 2013
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    Wickham: Time to join CCJ

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – It is time that Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago fully sign on to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their final court of appeal. This is coming from political scientist Peter Wickham, who thinks that both countries have a moral duty to accept the court. Asked if those countries’ positions could demoralize the spirit of regional integration, especially…

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  • May 6, 2005
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    CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE IS INAUGURATED

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Another milestone was created in the history of the thirty-one year old integration movement, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 16 April, 2005. The inaugural event was witnessed by the entire Region via the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), and…

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  • April 15, 2005
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    RULES OF THE CCJ TO BE TOP PRIORITY AFTER INAUGURATION

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will forge ahead to complete the crafting of rules to engage and govern the Court's proceedings after its grand inauguration on 16 April 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago. At a press conference in the twin-Island republic on the eve of the inauguration, President of the CCJ, Hon. Mr…

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  • April 12, 2005
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    CCJ INAUGURATION TO BE BROADCAST LIVE

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be privy to the opening ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Saturday 16 April in Trinidad and Tobago. The event will be broadcast live commencing at 9:00 a.m. on all Caribbean Media Corporation's (CMC) Member Stations. Caribbean media specialist Mr. Julian Rogers…

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  • April 8, 2005
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    CARICOM REGION GEARS FOR 16 APRIL INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be inaugurated in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 16 April 2005, in a ceremony befitting the stature of the organisation. Proceedings to mark the auspicious event include an interfaith service featuring five religious groups; a formal ceremony comprising the swearing in of the remaining two judges, the procession…

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  • February 4, 2005
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    PRIVY COUNCIL RULES ON JAMAICA’S LEGISLATION ON THE CCJ

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has today learnt of the ruling by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that the legislation, passed by the Jamaican Parliament to establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in that country, is unconstitutional and void. The central position of the Privy Council is that the CCJ, as the replacement…

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  • October 11, 2004
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    POSTPONEMENT OF INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (CCJ)

    Heads of Government and State of the Caribbean Community have accepted the advice of the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Rt. Hon. Michael de la Bastide, T.C. and the Chairman of the Inauguration Task Force, Sir David Simmons, K.A., to postpone the inauguration of the CCJ to the first quarter of 2005. Heads had previously set…

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  • August 17, 2004
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    CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE PRESIDENT TO BE SWORN IN

    The first President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Right Honorable Justice Michael de la Bastide of Trinidad and Tobago will be sworn in on Wednesday, 18 August. President of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. George Maxwell Richards will administer the Oath of Office before a gathering expected to include Prime Minister of Grenada and CARICOM Chairman, Dr. the…

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  • February 12, 2004
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    SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BELIZE MOVE ON CCJ

    CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington has welcomed the introduction of legislation by the Government of Belize to change its constitution to allow for the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). A bill was introduced in the Belize Parliament on Friday 6 February to replace the United Kingdom-based Privy Council with the CCJ as the Central American CARICOM Member…

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  • February 11, 2004
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    CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE TRUST FUND AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE COURT ARRANGEMENTS ADVANCE

    The Revised Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund (the Revised Agreement) entered into force on Tuesday 27 January 2004 on signature by ten (10) of the CARICOM Member States. The States that have signed the Revised Agreement to date are Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname…

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