๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐-๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ is slated to deliver remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ - ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐บโ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
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๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ | ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐-๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ is slated to deliver remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ - ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ’๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป being held on July 10 and 11, 2024, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, Georgetown.
Madam Justice Cummings-Edwards began her law career in 1988 as a State Counsel within the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mme. Justice Cummings-Edwards was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Guyana in 2000 and she was elevated to Judge of the Court of Appeal in 2008. From December 2015 she acted as Chief Justice of the Judiciary of Guyana and in March 2017 she was appointed acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and currently serves in this position. She is also the recipient of two National Awards: the Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH) and the Order of Roraima for her outstanding contribution to the legal field.
The First Legal Conference on Criminal Justice Reform - Advancing the Needham’s Point Declaration is hosted by the Government of Guyana through the Chambers of the Attorney General & Ministry of Legal Affairs in collaboration with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law under the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Support for the Criminal Justice System (SCJS) Programme.
