2019
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INTERROGATE PERSONAL BIASES
Judicial officers must interrogate their personal biases as well as those embedded in law and culture. This was the advice of the Honourable Mme. Justice Jacqueline Cornelius, Judge, Barbados Supreme Court, who was at the time speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day Gender
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HANDOVER OF DRAFT GENDER EQUALITY PROTOCOLS FOR MAGISTRATES AND JUDGES TO THE BARBADIAN JUDICIARY
The idea of creating a Gender Protocol for Caribbean judicial officers has been in the making since 2015 when CAJO and UN Women collaborated at CAJO’s last biennial in Montego Bay, Jamaica to showcase a Gender Protocol for Mexican judges. On that occasion UN Women supported
SIR MARSTON EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO JURIST PROJECT
The Honourable Sir Marston Gibson, Chief Justice of Barbados has expressed gratitude to the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project for facilitating a collaborative workshop that brought together all stakeholders of the justice sector. He was addressing participants at the opening ceremony of the
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SIR MARSTON GIBSON AND NEW CCJ JUDGE TO OPEN GENDER TRAINING FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS
The Honourable Sir Marston Gibson, K.A., Chief Justice of Barbados will deliver the feature address at the opening ceremony of the Gender Sensitive Adjudication Training for Judicial Officers. The opening ceremony takes place on Friday, July 26, 2019 at 8:45 am at the Radisson Aquatica
JURIST PROJECT SUPPORTS BARBADOS JUDICIARY IN MEDIATION SENSITISATION WORKSHOPS
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project will support the Barbados judiciary in hosting a two-day sensitisation workshop on Court Connected Mediation. The workshop will be held from May 14-15, 2019 at the Radisson Aquatica Resort Barbados. The objective of the workshop is to
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JURIST PROJECT SUPPORTS BARBADOS JUDICIARY IN MEDIATION TRAINING
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaboration with the judiciary of Barbados will host two Practical Mediation Skills Training Workshops from August 13-17, 2018 and August 20-24, 2018 in Barbados. The workshops will be conducted by the University of the West Indies,
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JURIST PROJECT PARTICIPATES IN BBA LAW CONFERENCE
The Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project is participating in the Barbados Bar Association’s (BBA) Weekend Law Conference which takes place from May 18-20, 2018 under the theme “Keep Up! Protecting People Property and the Rule of Law.” The Conference is sponsored in part
