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)
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
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.