CCJ

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CCJ is the Caribbean Court of Justice, the highest judicial body for several Caribbean states, serving both as a final court of appeal and an international court interpreting the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
CCJ canonical 2
CCJ Trust Fund 2
CCJ Agreement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
international court ⓘ
abbreviation CCJ ⓘ
aim development of Caribbean jurisprudence ⓘ
judicial independence from political influence ⓘ
appointmentProcess judges appointed on recommendation of the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission ⓘ
associatedWith Caribbean Community ⓘ
composition President and other judges ⓘ
country Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
dateEstablished 2001 ⓘ
dateInaugurated 2005 ⓘ
establishedBy Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
function ensures uniform interpretation and application of CARICOM law ⓘ
hears final appeals in civil matters ⓘ
hears final appeals in criminal matters ⓘ
resolves disputes arising under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
fundingModel CCJ Trust Fund ⓘ
linked to: CCJ
handles claims by private entities with special leave under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
interstate disputes within CARICOM under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
hasOrgan Appellate Jurisdiction ⓘ
Original Jurisdiction ⓘ
hasPresident President of the Caribbean Court of Justice ⓘ
headquartersBuilding CCJ Headquarters, Port of Spain ⓘ
interprets Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
jurisdiction Caribbean Community member states ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean Community
legalBasis Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community ⓘ
legalSystem common law tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Port of Spain ⓘ
mandate to provide accessible, fair, and efficient justice for the Caribbean region ⓘ
memberOf Caribbean Community legal system ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
predecessorInAppellateRoleForSomeStates Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
regionServed Caribbean ⓘ
replaced Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for certain states ⓘ
role final court of appeal for certain Caribbean states ⓘ
international court interpreting the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
seat Port of Spain ⓘ
servesAsFinalCourtOfAppealFor Barbados ⓘ
Belize ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
servesOriginalJurisdictionFor all CARICOM member states that are parties to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
original jurisdiction ⓘ
website https://ccj.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Caribbean Court of Justice Trust Fund → abbreviation → CCJ Trust Fund ⓘ
linked to: CCJ
Caribbean Court of Justice → abbreviation → CCJ ⓘ
subject linked to: CCJ
Caribbean Court of Justice → fundingModel → CCJ Trust Fund ⓘ
subject linked to: CCJ
linked to: CCJ