As a Caribbean man, born, bred and brought up a Caribbean man, I know that I speak on behalf of all fellow Caribbean people, especially the business community and businesses like BWIA with a broad Caribbean raison d'etre, when I say that we are indeed proud, delighted and appreciative that our Caribbean leaders have agreed to bring a Caribbean Court of Justice into being.
Institutions within the Community
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has a relatively developed system for national legislation for weighing machines. Automatic weighing devices are widely used to determine the quantity of loads in terms of mass. While some applications are specified by national legislation, they are subject to legal metrological control. In CARICOM there is an ever increasing need to have metrological quality confirmed by calibration testing systems against a standard of higher accuracy ensuring consistency in system integrity, for example, where required by ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 standards
The Attorneys General and Ministers of Legal Affairs of Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), participating in the Sixth Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee in Georgetown, will meet with a cross-section of the Guyanese society in the evening of Wednesday, 24 January, 2001 in a panel discussion on the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
The Preparatory Committee working on the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will issue a status report to the Legal Affairs Committee at its Sixth Special Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana scheduled for 23-24 January 2001.
The Attorneys General and Ministers of Legal Affairs of Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will also be working towards agreement on the establishment of the regional court as well as addressing initiatives on the rules of Court as they relate to the Original Jurisdiction of the CCJ.
Attorneys-General and Presidents of Bar and Law Associations from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will meet in Saint Lucia on 16 August, 2000 to discuss the proposed Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
The one-day meeting will provide an opportunity for dialogue between the leaders of CARICOM and the legal profession on the Court that is proposed to replace the Privy Council in England.
A range of issues on the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be discussed tonight as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in association with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) presents a special live talk show on the CCJ. The one hour broadcast airs on Thursday 6 April 2000 from 9-10 PM (Eastern Caribbean time)
Plans for the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) are expected to be further advanced at a meeting in Jamaica on 6 December 1999.
Attorney General of Barbados the Hon. David Simmons Q.C, chairman of the Preparatory Committee on the Caribbean Court of Justice (PrepCom) will preside over its third meeting as the Committee discusses the instruments for the establishment of the CCJ, issues relating to the cost of operating the Court, a Regional Public Education Programme and preparations by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to house the Court.
Representatives at the Second Sitting of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP), which ended in Grenada on Friday, have come out in support of the Caribbean Court of Justice.
The two-day session, which was held at the Convention Centre of the Grenada Grand Beach Resort, received an invitation from Belize to host the Third Sitting in the fourth quarter of 2000.
The Fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday.