The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana has noted with grave concern media reports concerning the leak of internal correspondence among the Judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

The Caribbean Court of Justice, as Guyana’s final appellate court and the only court vested with jurisdiction to interpret and apply the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, must remain a bastion of justice in the Caribbean. Its institutional integrity must therefore be respected, protected and preserved.

Internal correspondence and deliberations within the Court are, and must remain, confidential. By itself, the act of disclosing such correspondence—not its content—risks bringing the administration of justice into disrepute.