Caribbean Court of Justice

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court of last resort international court judicial organ of CARICOM regional court

The Caribbean Court of Justice is a regional judicial tribunal that serves as the final court of appeal for several Caribbean states and interprets and applies the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas for the Caribbean Community.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Caribbean Court of Justice canonical	41
Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction)	2
Caribbean Community legal system	1
Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction, after accession)	1
Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction, via OECS/CCJ arrangements where applicable)	1
Caribbean Court of Justice (in its appellate jurisdiction)	1
Caribbean Court of Justice (in some matters, if applicable)	1
Caribbean Court of Justice (original jurisdiction)	1
Caribbean Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of CARICOM	1
Caribbean Court of Justice jurisprudence (persuasive)	1
Caribbean Court of Justice system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T937700 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Caribbean Court of Justice
Context triple: [Caribbean Community, hasOrgan, Caribbean Court of Justice]

A. Central American Court of Justice
The Central American Court of Justice is a regional judicial body that interprets and applies Central American integration law and resolves disputes among member states of the Central American Integration System.
B. Supreme Court of Jamaica
The Supreme Court of Jamaica is the country’s highest trial court of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases and serving as a key component of its judicial system.
C. Caribbean Community Secretariat
The Caribbean Community Secretariat is the principal administrative and coordinating body of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), responsible for implementing regional decisions and supporting integration among member states.
D. Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is a regional judicial body that interprets and enforces human rights standards for member states across the Americas.
E. Court of Appeal for Bermuda
The Court of Appeal for Bermuda is the territory’s highest appellate court for civil and criminal matters, reviewing decisions from lower courts and shaping Bermudian jurisprudence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Caribbean Court of Justice
Target entity description: The Caribbean Court of Justice is a regional judicial tribunal that serves as the final court of appeal for several Caribbean states and interprets and applies the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas for the Caribbean Community.

A. Central American Court of Justice
The Central American Court of Justice is a regional judicial body that interprets and applies Central American integration law and resolves disputes among member states of the Central American Integration System.
B. Supreme Court of Jamaica
The Supreme Court of Jamaica is the country’s highest trial court of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases and serving as a key component of its judicial system.
C. Caribbean Community Secretariat
The Caribbean Community Secretariat is the principal administrative and coordinating body of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), responsible for implementing regional decisions and supporting integration among member states.
D. Inter-American Court of Human Rights
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is a regional judicial body that interprets and enforces human rights standards for member states across the Americas.
E. Court of Appeal for Bermuda
The Court of Appeal for Bermuda is the territory’s highest appellate court for civil and criminal matters, reviewing decisions from lower courts and shaping Bermudian jurisprudence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ international court ⓘ judicial organ of CARICOM ⓘ regional court ⓘ
abbreviation	CCJ ⓘ
appointingBodyOfJudges	Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission ⓘ
buildingType	courthouse ⓘ
composition	President of the Court ⓘ panel of judges ⓘ
country	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
foundedBy	Caribbean Community ⓘ
foundingInstrument	Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
function	applies the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ interprets the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ serves as final court of appeal for certain CARICOM states ⓘ
hasOrgan	Administrative arm ⓘ Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund ⓘ Judicial arm ⓘ Registry ⓘ
hasPresidentTitle	President of the Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
hasTwoMainJurisdictions	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ original jurisdiction ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Port of Spain ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ Barbados ⓘ Belize ⓘ CARICOM Single Market and Economy ⓘ Caribbean Community ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guyana ⓘ linked to: British Guiana Jamaica ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ other CARICOM member states in its original jurisdiction ⓘ
legalBasis	Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Atlantic Standard Time ⓘ
motto	“Accessible. Fair. Independent.” ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
regionServed	Caribbean ⓘ
replaces	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for participating states ⓘ linked to: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
startOfOperations	2005 ⓘ
typeOfAppealsHeard	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
typeOfCasesInOriginalJurisdiction	claims by persons regarding rights under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ disputes between CARICOM member states ⓘ disputes between CARICOM member states and CARICOM organs ⓘ
website	https://www.ccj.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caribbean Community → hasOrgan → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Caribbean Community → hasSubOrganization → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas → creates → Caribbean Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of CARICOM ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda → recognizesCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → influencedBy → Caribbean Court of Justice jurisprudence (persuasive) ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

Central American Court of Justice → seeAlso → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Barbados Supreme Court → appealTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands → judicialAppealTo → Caribbean Court of Justice (in some matters, if applicable) ⓘ

subject linked to: government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

Judiciary of Jamaica → finalAppealTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Government of Guyana → highestCourtOfAppeal → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Judiciary of Grenada → highestCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Judiciary of Grenada → collaboratesWith → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Government of Saint Lucia → judicialAuthorityUltimatelyVestedIn → Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction, via OECS/CCJ arrangements where applicable) ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

Acts of Parliament of Grenada → subjectToReviewBy → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Lucia → includesCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Lucia → finalAppellateCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judicial branch of Saint Lucia → hasAppealTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judiciary of Antigua and Barbuda → highestCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice (in its appellate jurisdiction) ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

courts of Belize → hasComponent → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

courts of Belize → highestCourtOfAppeal → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

courts of Belize → finalAppellateCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

courts of Belize → collaboratesWith → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice → establishes → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice → legalFrameworkFor → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund → appliesTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund → establishedFor → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund → hasBeneficiary → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund → relatedTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission → affiliatedWith → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission → legalSystem → Caribbean Court of Justice system ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

Caribbean Court of Justice → memberOf → Caribbean Community legal system ⓘ

subject linked to: CCJ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice → partOf → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice → roleIn → Caribbean Court of Justice (original jurisdiction) ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice → roleIn → Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction) ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice → officeHolderOf → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice → positionHeldInOrganization → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice → headOf → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Caribbean Community institutional framework → hasComponent → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Belize → appealsTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

High Court of Barbados → below → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Barbados → appealLiesTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Judiciary of Barbados → hasFinalCourtOfAppeal → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Judiciary of Barbados → cooperatesWith → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Politics of Jamaica → highestCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice (appellate jurisdiction) ⓘ

linked to: Caribbean Court of Justice

judicial branch of Guyana → finalAppellateCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana → appealTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Judiciary of Dominica → highestCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

Judiciary of Dominica → finalAppealTo → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judicial branch of Dominica → hasPart → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

judicial branch of Dominica → highestCourt → Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ

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