In late 2016, consultants were engaged to develop Terms of Reference (ToR) for the restructuring, expanding and strengthening of the Caribbean Academy of Law and Court Administration (CALCA). As one of the measures to move towards the goal of strengthening the organization, the Rt. Hon.
Guyana will launch the Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean on Monday November 13, 2017. Guyana is the third country to launch the Guidelines and follows Barbados and Belize which were the first two countries respectively to launch the Guidelines. The launch
Belize will be the second country to launch the Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean. Following on the heels of the launch in Barbados (which took place on Tuesday October 17, 2017), Belize will unveil the Guidelines on Thursday October 26, 2017
The Honourable Sir Marston Gibson, Chief Justice of Barbados will officially launch the Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean in Barbados. The launch is hosted by the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaboration with the judiciary of Barbados and
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project today launched its Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean Region. The Guidelines are intended to provide internationally accepted best practices for the management of sexual offence cases, and offer a rights-based approach to the
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Rt. Hon. Sir Dennis Bryon, is set to leave office in 2018, having attained his 7th year of stewardship at the CCJ. The tenure of President is for a non-renewable term of 7 years. The process
The JURIST Project, in partnership with the judiciary of Barbados, UN Women and the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO) will host a consultative meeting on the draft Gender Equality Protocols for Magistrates and Judges in Barbados. The consultative meeting will be held on Monday, June 26,
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project Steering Committee (PSC) will be held on Tuesday, May 23, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. There are four items for approval: the proposed agenda; the draft Minutes of the
