The untimely passing in January last of the able and distinguished Justice Jacob Wit of the Netherlands has created a vacancy in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The vacancy is required to be filled by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (Commission) appointed pursuant to Article V(1) of the Agreement Establishing the CCJ signed by the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in February 2001. Guyana is not currently represented on the Commission, although it was represented in the past. The Commission consists of the President of the CCJ, who is its Chair, and ten persons nominated by various bodies including a Judicial Service Commission, a Public Service Commission, Secretary General of the Community and Director General of the OECS, Dean of Faculty of Law of the UWI and Council of Legal Education and Bar Associations. The work of the Commission is not publicized.
