Caribbean Court of Justice

found: The Caribbean Court of Justice, 2004:p. xi (Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice signed by 10 heads of government of the Caribbean Community in Bridgetown, Barbados on Feb. 14, 2001)

found: World Legal Information Institute WWW site, updated May 2, 2004; viewed Feb. 1, 2005:Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ; a nascent regional judicial body; Agreement Establishing the court entered into force on July 23, 2002, when Guyana joined St. Lucia and Barbados in depositing its instruments of ratification; it is an international tribunal applying rules of international law in respect of interpretation and application of the applicable treaties; it will also hear appeals in both civil and criminal matters from common law courts within the jurisdictions of member states of the Caricom and which are parties to the Agreement establishing the CCJ; For those Commonwealth States that ratify the Agreement Establishing the CCJ, the CCJ will replace the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; it is both a municipal court of last resort and an international court with compulsory and exclusive jurisdiction in respect of the regional organization's laws; this sets it apart from all other judicial bodies)