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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 will anchor the broadcast. The formal inauguration ceremony as well as a planned interfaith service will be held at Queen's Hall in Trinidad and Tobago.

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.

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 6 November 2004 as the date for inauguration during their meeting in Grenada in July 2004.

Postponement of the date for inauguration has become inevitable for three (3) main reasons:

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 Honorable Keith Mitchell; CARICOM Secretary General, Mr. Edwin Carrington; and Commissioners of the Regional Judiciary and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC).

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 State’s final court of appeal.

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 and Trinidad and Tobago. Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, both signatories to the original Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund, are expected to sign the Revised Agreement shortly.

MEMBERSHIP FINALISED FOR (1) REGIONAL JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION,  AND (2) BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CCJ TRUST FUND

The process of inaugurating the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) before the end of 2003 has taken two significant strides forward with the finalisation of the membership of both the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission and the Board of Trustees of the CCJ Trust Fund. The Agreement Establishing the Court sets out in Article V (1), the composition of the Commission, as nominees from the regional entities or, in two cases, representatives of permanent organs of Member States.     “There is hereby established a Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission which shall

STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON BILATERAL AGREEMENTS UNDER ARTICLE 98 OF THE ROME STATUTE ESTABLISHING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

At the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Heads considered the request made to each Member State of the Community by the Government of the United States of America to enter into bilateral immunity or ‘non-surrender” agreements that exempt US nationals and other persons who have worked for the US Government from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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