๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐, ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น will deliver special remarks at the ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ - ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐บโ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
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๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ | ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐, ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น will deliver special remarks at 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.
The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC is the 6th Commonwealth Secretary-General. She was born in Dominica and was their candidate for the post at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta in 2015. She is the second Secretary-General from the Caribbean and the first woman to hold the post. Trained as a lawyer and became the first black woman to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1991. At 35 she was also the youngest woman ever to be made a QC. She was the first black woman to be appointed Deputy High Court Judge, Recorder and Master of Middle Temple. She joined the House of Lords in 1997 as Baroness Scotland of Asthal going on to serve as a minister in the Foreign Office, Home Office and Lord Chancellor’s Department. She was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales in 2007 – the first women to hold the post since it was created in 1315.
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.
