SOAPBOX S2E3_What Next for the CCJ? by SOAPBOX Caribbean

On Tuesday 6th November, 2018, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada held a referendum on the islands’ accession to the CCJ as the final court of appeal. Disappointingly, both countries voted to retain the UK-based Privy Council. In this episode, I chat with (future) leaders from around the region: Rosana John (Grenada); and Carlon Knight (Antigua and Barbuda) and we are joined by Rashad Brathwaite (Barbados) and Dalano DaSouza (St. Vincent and the Grenadines). The panel discusses what happened in the islands to result in the “no” vote; why this was the result and where we go from here as a region in relation to the CCJ. In our discussion we tend to the legal, social and political considerations that have brought us to this point and the prospects for accession by other states.

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More on the CCJ here: https://www.ccj.org/about-the-ccj/ccj-concept-to-reality OR https://caricom.org/about-caricom/who-we-are/institutions1/caribbean-court-of-justice

More on the referendum here: https://barbadostoday.bb/2018/11/07/bteditorial-found-loitering-on-colonial-premises/?fbclid=IwAR3rratvHkL0iKelzOdnE-jzkq2H2JnKNRWgWnCZaop0CUpgJiPFYVf1BcY