Caribbean Court of Justice
| Caribbean Court of Justice | |
|---|---|
| Established | 16 April 2005 |
| Country | All Caribbean Community member states (original jurisdiction) + Barbados, Belize, Dominica and Guyana (appellate jurisdiction) |
| Location | Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. |
| Composition method | Appointed by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission from among applicants |
| Authorized by | Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and Agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice |
| Decisions are appealed to | none |
| Judge term length | Judges: until age 72, extendable to age 75 until 9 judges are appointed in addition to the president President: 7 years, non-renewable or until age 72 (extendable to age 75 until 9 judges are appointed in addition to the president), whichever is earlier |
| Number of positions | 7 (maximum: 10) |
| Website | http://www.caribbeancourtofjustice.org/ |
| President | |
| Currently | Dennis Byron |
| Since | 1 September 2011 |
| Jurist term ends | between 4 July 2015 (age 72) and 4 July 2018 (age 75) |
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ; Dutch: Caribisch Hof van Justitie; French: Cour Caribéenne de Justice) is the judicial institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Established in 2001, it is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The CCJ sits at 134 Henry Street in Port of Spain.
The Caribbean Court of Justice has two jurisdictions: an original jurisdiction and an appellate jurisdiction:
In the aftermath of the collapse of the Federation of the West Indies (and with it the Federal Supreme Court), which had lasted a mere four years, from 1958 to 1962, the Anglophone continental and insular Caribbean states formed the CARIFTA (the Caribbean Free Trade Association), with a view to maintaining an economic link among the various former and continuing colonies of the United Kingdom after the collapse of the political bond. On 1 August 1973, the successor to the CARIFTA, the Caribbean Community, better known by its acronym, CARICOM, came into being. The founding document of the CARICOM, the Treaty of Chaguaramas, was signed by the so-called "Big Four" states: Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago, all of which had gained their political independence from the UK during the 1960s. This signing was the starter’s signal for a more mature, though at times slow and halting, process of regional integration among the states of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
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