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NEW COUNCIL

The Elections for the Council for the period 2009-2012 took place during the CMJA's recent Triennial Conference in Turks and Caicos.

For the list of new Council Members please click here.

CMJA TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE

JUSTICE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
The Promotion and Protection of Judicial Independence and the Child and the Law (jointly with UNICEF)

The CMJA's Triennial Conference took place in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos from 26 September - 3 October 2009. We are grateful to the Turks and Caicos government and judiciary for their support of the Conference as well as UNICEF (Eastern Caribbean Office) who co-sponsored the colloquium on the Child and the Law.

A report on the Conference appeared on the Commonwealth News. Click here to access this report.

The CMJA agreed two resolutions during the Conference:

Resolution on the Status of Magistrates:
This General Assembly deplores that in parts of the Commonwealth the independence of the magistracy is inadequately safeguarded and requests Council together with the Commonwealth Secretariat to take positive steps to eliminate these breaches of the Latimer House Principles wherever they occur.

Providenciales Resolution on
Justice for the Next Generation
The Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children in contact with the Law

Click here for the full resolution