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\u00a0President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders, says after 50 years of political independence,\u00a0 he remains perplexed that Caribbean people are still finding \u201cexcuses\u201d in support of the London-based Privy Council as the region\u2019s final court.<\/p>

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Justice Saunders, who will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) later on Saturday, said that he remains confident that like other regional institutions, the CCJ will be embraced by all the people of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remain confident that, as is the case with, for example, The Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Examinations Council, and of course The University of the West Indies, to name just a few, the time will come when the CCJ also will be recognised as another of those Caribbean institutions whose vital contribution to the region can almost be taken for granted,\u201d he told a dinner here on\u00a0 Friday night on behalf of his fellow graduand Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana and Professor of Entomology at the Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science.<\/p>

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The CCJ was established in 2001 to replace the Privy Council as the region\u2019s final court. But while all the Caribbean countries have signed on to the Court\u2019s Original Jurisdiction, only Barbados, Belize, Dominica and Guyana are signatories to the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Court that also serves as an international tribunal interpreting the Revised treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the 15-member regional integration movement, CARICOM.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada will hold national referendums on November 6 on whether or not to replace the Privy Council with the CCJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Saunders told the ceremony that it is vital for Caribbean people with their fractured experiences over the past four centuries to have self-belief.<\/p>

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\u201cA clear sense of ourselves. An understanding of our worth as human beings and of our ability to forge our own destiny\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is perplexing to me, for example, that so many people in the region contrive to find excuse upon excuse to justify the anomaly that, after 50 years of political independence, the laws that we proudly make should ultimately be interpreted and applied by a British institution, staffed with British judges all of whom reside in Britain.<\/p>

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\u201cThis, after CARICOM states, over 15 years ago, established their own Court, precisely to serve that purpose. This, after US$100 million was spent to guarantee that Court\u2019s sustainability. This, after the Court, has successfully been operating for well over 10 years serving the needs of some States. \u201c<\/p>

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He said that when he tries to explain this to his colleagues from Asia, Africa and Latin America, as he is sometimes obliged to do at judicial colloquia \u201cthis ceases to be an anomaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the face of the incredulity expressed by my colleagues, it becomes an embarrassment linked directly to our perception of ourselves and the level of confidence we have in our capacity to take full responsibility for our own governance\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Saunders, the third Caribbean national after Trinidadian Michael de La Bastide and St. Kitts-Nevis national Sir Dennis Byron to head the Trinidad-based CCJ, said \u201cI temper my perplexity, I look to the future and I remain confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remain confident that our institutions of learning, and UWI in particular, will rise to the challenge of inspiring our students with the notion that Caribbean people are inferior to no one; that we do have the capacity to govern ourselves, to build and maintain worthy institutions;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat we are able to and that we do produce the human resources effectively to manage such bodies; that these institutions, when locally established, work for us in ways in which no others can; and that if we observe carefully, objectively, we will see these truths demonstrated over and over again. Yes, I remain confident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, Justice Saunders said the UWI, after 70 years in operation, has every right to be proud of its achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIts student enrolment has grown from a few dozen persons when it opened its doors in Mona in 1948 to tens of thousands at the present time. More importantly, UWI alumni now occupy leading positions in all fields of life, in all professions, in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is fair to say that the realisation of the dreams and aspirations of the people of the Caribbean Community, in large measure, rest with those who have graduated this institution,\u201d the CCJ President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines born jurist said that while it is a huge credit to the university with main campuses in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica, \u201cit also generates enormous expectations, especially in the context of the times in which we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the age where information has never before been as accessible as it is today. The ability to publish information to millions of persons has never been easier. That ability can be a powerful force for good. It makes it possible for all of humanity, instantly, to be mobilised behind the most impactful endeavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut the opposite is also possible. Nameless, faceless publishers, with hidden agendas, can manipulate public opinion, sometimes with tremendous political, economic and social consequences. Innocent recipients of information have the greatest difficulty distilling truth from falsehood; sincerity from deliberate deception; democracy from populism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Saunders said that in the face of these realities, \u201cit behoves all of us, but especially institutions of higher learning, to prepare present and succeeding generations to rally around eternal core human values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTruth, Compassion, Cooperation, Caring, Courtesy, Peace, Empathy, Hard honest labour \u2026 These are values we must safeguard and promote if we are to take full advantage of the rich bounty the information revolution makes available to us,\u201d he said, paying \u201ctribute to the tutelage and guidance that I and so many others have received from the eminent faculty that have taught at the University\u201d.<\/p>\n

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