Dominica’s CCJ Accession Ceremony – in photos

There was a mood of celebration in Roseau Friday during an official ceremony to mark Dominica’s replacement of the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final Court of Appeal.
Dominica became the fourth country to accede to  the CCJ’s appellate jurisdiction, joining Barbados, Guyana and Belize.
Friday’s ceremony was addressed by the President of the CCJ the Rt. Hon. Sir Denis Byron, Prime Minister of Dominica Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit and Constitutional Law Expert and Feature Speaker, Grenadian Dr. Francis Alexis.
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque was among the dignitaries in attendance.
[su_box title=”The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)” style=”soft” box_color=”#54c0f0″]The CCJ was inaugurated on 16 April, 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago where it is headquartered. Its central role is providing legal certainty to the operations of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). It is structured to have two jurisdictions – an original and an appellate.
In its original jurisdiction it ensures uniform interpretation and application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, thereby underpinning and advancing the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. As the final court of appeal for Member States of the Caribbean Community it fosters the development of an indigenous Caribbean jurisprudence[/su_box]