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Commonwealth Secretariat strengthening network of legislative drafters in C’bean

Sep 03, 2011 News

 


The Commonwealth Secretariat is strengthening the network of legislative drafters in the Caribbean, as part of efforts to facilitate the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in creating a single market economy within the region.
A three-day seminar was recently held in Bridgetown, Barbados, with legislative drafters from CARICOM member and associate member states. Of the 15 member states of CARICOM, 12 of them are part of the Commonwealth.
As part of the movement towards a single economy, CARICOM aims to move its members towards greater economic integration via harmonised laws. The seminar encouraged those who draft laws to recognise the vital role they play in turning this into a reality, the Commonwealth Secretariat said in a press release.
“We hope very much that this seminar represents the start of strengthened connections between drafting offices in the region, and that after this seminar participants will feel encouraged to contact each other to counsel and advise each other on legislative drafting practice,” the legal adviser to the Secretariat’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division, Mark Guthrie, said.
The Commonwealth Secretariat and CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the British High Commission in Barbados and the European Union, organised the seminar with the aim of strengthening the capacity of drafting offices and providing legal drafters the opportunity to network and to collaborate with each other.
The Commonwealth Secretariat quoted Mr Guthrie as saying this was in line with the outcome of the 15th Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting 2011 in Australia, which requested the Commonwealth Secretariat to encourage drafting offices to form networks.
The Commonwealth Secretariat provides technical assistance for legislative drafters through the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC). The Secretariat has provided a three-month mentorship scheme and seconded legislative drafters to the CARICOM Secretariat, as well as training support for regional legislative drafters.
“Citizens in any jurisdiction have the right to know with certainty and clarity what laws apply to them. They must be able to know what are their rights and responsibilities under the law,” Guthrie said.

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