Legal Services

The Legal Drafting e-Learning Programme is part of the Capacity Building in Legal Drafting Project that is financed by the European Union and executed by the ARCA Consortium on behalf of CARIFORUM. This project seeks to build capacity within the public sector in CARIFORUM States in the areas of treaty and legislative drafting through training and sponsorship of selected participants. The project also intends to develop a better understanding among beneficiaries of the provisions of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to facilitate more effective implementation of the EPA. 

This brochure shows the overview of the programme including the implementation period, the time for enrollment and the start of the learning period with a breakdown by sex, country and successful completion rate for the course. 

A New Era For the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court: The road to achieving court excellence

This Treaty Guide, initiated by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States - Natural Resources Management Unit (OECS-NRMU), seeks to enhance the understanding of Member States regarding their treaty obligations in the maritime and environmental fields, along with the benefits of building a stronger regional approach to treaty negotiation and implementation. Concern had been expressed about the increasing number of international treaties and the limited implementation capacity of OECS Member States.

This Treaty Guide, initiated by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States - Natural Resources Management Unit (OECS-NRMU), seeks to enhance the understanding of Member States regarding their treaty obligations in the maritime and environmental fields, along with the benefits of building a stronger regional approach to treaty negotiation and implementation. Concern had been expressed about the increasing number of international treaties and the limited implementation capacity of OECS Member States.

Reccomendations & Proceedings of Meeting on Protecting Eastern Caribbean Economies From The Dangers Of Criminal Proceeds, Grenada, July 2000.

This paper seeks to highlight the need for reform in major areas of Family Law. Each member state of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is required to comply with the obligations under the following Conventions: (1) The Convention on tl}e Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (2) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (3) The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women

With the support of the EU-funded TradeCom Facility, the OECS Secretariat initiated the Legislative Drafting Services for Trade Negotiations and Policy Formulation Project. Its purpose included assisting the OECS Member States to
accelerate the pace at which they have been implementing their international trade obligations as participants of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and to begin to put in place the legislative and regulatory framework necessary to take full advantage of the opportunities and to meet their commitments under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.