GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, arrives here on Tuesday to participate in the official swearing-in ceremony of a new judge to the Trinidad-based court.
The Guyanese-born Justice Arif Bulkan will be sworn in on Thursday by the Guyana President, Irfaan Ali, during a ceremony at the Office of the President.
Justice Bulkan will fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Justice Anderson to the presidency of the Court on July 4, this year.
Justice Bulkan holds a Bachelor of Laws from The University of the West Indies; a Legal Education Cer, a graduate of the Hugh Wooding Law School; the University College London; and the Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada, has worked both regionally and internationally and in the course of his career has functioned in various capacities, including as litigator, academic, author, activist, judge, and international law expert.
He was called to the Bar in Guyana in 1990 and was also an expert member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, serving as one of the Committee’s Vice Chairpersons from 2019 to 2022. He was elected in June 2023 to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for a four-year term and is currently serving as the Commission’s Second Vice-President.
A statement from the CCJ said that during his visit here, Justice Anderson will pay courtesy calls on President Ali, the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Mme Justice Roxane George, and Dr Carla N. Barnett, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
He will also meet with representatives of the newly formed We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), and Forward Guyana Movement (FGM).
The CCJ was established on February 14, 2001, by the CARICOM governments to replace the London-based Privy Council. It also functions as an international tribunal interpreting the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the regional integration grouping.
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