{"id":9295,"date":"2010-05-13T09:13:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T15:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2012-04-10T01:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T05:19:26","slug":"good-bye-belize-abolishes-all-appeals-to-privy-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/good-bye-belize-abolishes-all-appeals-to-privy-council\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD BYE: Belize abolishes all appeals to Privy Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9296\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/img.php_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9296\" title=\"img.php\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/img.php_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Dean Barrow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC \u2013 The Belize government said Tuesday it would   abolish all  appeals to the London \u2013based Privy Council from June 1 this   year, effectively  making the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of  Justice  (CCJ) its final court.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the Office of the Prime  Minister Dean Barrow said  he said  issued orders that bring into force  the Belize Constitution  (Seventh Amendment)  Act and the Caribbean Court  of Justice Act with  effect from June 1, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The statement  said the removal of the Privy Council and its  replacement  by the CCJ as  the highest court for Belize &#8220;represents a  major landmark in the  constitutional and legal history of Belize.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The government  announcement stresses, that the move to the CCJ on  June  1, will not  affect any appeals pending before the Privy Council  on May 31, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Belize now joins Guyana and Barbados as the only Caribbean  Community   (CARICOM) countries to sign on to both the appellate and  original  jurisdiction of  the CCJ that was established in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The CCJ also acts as an international tribunal interpreting the  Revised   Treaty of Chaguaramas that established the Caribbean  Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC \u2013 The Belize government said Tuesday it would abolish all appeals to the London \u2013based Privy Council from June 1 this year, effectively making the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) its final court. 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