First Caribbean woman on IHCR

The wife of former St. Lucian Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has been elected to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR).



The ICHR is an international Law Tribunal that serves the Organization of American States by hearing and passing judgment on human rights complaints issues.



Professor Rosemary Belle Antoine, a lecturer at the University of the West Indies is the first Caribbean woman to be elected to the post of Commissioner of the ICHR.



The professor said being a commissioner is a sensitive position, since she would have to make decisions regarding important, often controversial human rights issues involving member states.