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. Aske...

(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. ...

(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-Islan...

(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 ...

(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 featur...

(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 unconsti...

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 th...

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 expect...

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 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, J...