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Article: English speaking Caribbean -- New court to replace Privy Council - must uphold standards.
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- February 16, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 February 2001-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: English speaking Caribbean -- New court to replace Privy Council - must uphold standards (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The decision by 11 Caribbean states to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice as the region=s final court of appeal was today described by Amnesty International as "a development that may be motivated by a desire to increase the number of executions." The new court will replace the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
"We fear that this court is being created to make it easier for these states to put people to death," the human rights organization ...