Belize approves CCJ law

The Belize senate is expected to approve legislation allowing the country to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final appellate body.



Lawmakers approved the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution last Friday, allowing the country to replace the London-based Privy Council with the CCJ.



If approved, Belize will become the third CARICOM member state to adopt the CCJ both in its original jurisdiction and a final court of appeal.



Barbados and Guyana are the only other CARICOM states to recognize the court in its criminal appellate jurisdiction, since its launch in 2005.