Six Years After the CARICOM Report on Cannabis \u2013 What Has Been Achieved? <\/em>Medicinal Cannabis Education Forum & Festival (CANNABLISS-SVG-2024), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 01-03 November 2024<\/p>\nExpert \u2013 OAS High Level Group to Strengthen Women\u2019s Political Participation, DECO, OAS, 18 November 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Feature Address \u2013 \u2018Education as a Tool of Empowerment to Promote Peace and Social Justice \u2013 Rotary Club, Eastern Caribbean, 22 September 2024.<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 \u201cThe Black Power Revolution \u2013 A Legal History Perspective – Law \u2013 the Silent Bullet that Destroyed the Revolution\u201d, SALISES-NJAC Black Power Conference \u2013 21 April 2023<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 Featured Address \u2013\u201cThe Importance of Legislation for Persons with Disabilities, their right to choose, Legal Capacity and Assisted Decision Making\u201d, DSFN Conference, 21 March 2023<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 \u201cEmbracing the Disruption\u201d, 31st Annual Caribbean Actuarial Conference (CAA), 10 December 2021.<\/p>\n
Feature Address \u2013 Commentary on IACHR Judgment on Jamaica\u2019s LGBT Laws \u2013 Aids Free World – 10 November 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cVaccine Passports: One Size Definitely Does Not Fit All!!\u201d Jamaica Bar Association CLE Webinar, 09 November 2021.<\/p>\n
Address \u2013 \u2018Climate Change and Health in Small Island Developing States \u2018\u2013 Earth Medic-Earth Nurse, 08 October 2021.<\/p>\n
Featured Speaker \u2013 \u2018The Law and Mandatory Vaccination\u2019 OECS BAR ASSOCIATION’S 2nd Virtual – 17 September 2021.<\/p>\n
Keynote \u2013 Cambridge \u2013 Copenhagen Business School Workshop, Enablers of financial crime \u2013 Tax, Finance and Societies \u2013 30 August 2021.<\/p>\n
Featured Speaker \u2013 Diversity \u2013 Canada and the Caribbean \u2013 Canada High Commission, The UWI, August 2021.<\/p>\n
Featured Speaker – Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) \u2013 Conference \u2013 \u2018Decades of Damage Done: The Drug War Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean,\u2019 15 July 2021.<\/p>\n
Featured Speaker – Joint Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean \/OECS Bar – Virtual Forum on Mandatory Vaccination \u2013 8 July 2021.<\/p>\n
Featured Speaker \u2013 T&T Manufacturers\u2019 Association Webinar on Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccines \u2013 July 2021.<\/p>\n
Expert – Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on \u201cAlternative Development at the 64th CND \u2013 latest developments and insights\u201d, hosted by The Dutch Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Peru, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Office of Narcotics Control Board, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, and the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage, 15 \u201318 March 2021.<\/p>\n
Keynote \u2013 Cannabis Reform in Grenada: Non-state actors, Caribbean Conference of Churches\/ Government- Grenada \u2013 22 January 2021.<\/p>\n
Expert Panellist – Minister of Education: National Consultation on Education 2020 (The Concordat and Education Reform) \u2013 12 November 2020.<\/p>\n
Presenter \u2013 \u2018Covid and Human Rights in the Caribbean\u2019, IACHR, Washington, 14 October 2020 (Virtual).<\/p>\n
Presenter & Co-organiser \u2013 Our First Peoples, Leading us to Sustainable Environments and Communities \u2013 12 October 2020, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
Keynote Speaker \u2013 UN Global Peace 75 Anniversary Inter-Generational Conference \u2013 Trinidad and Tobago 19 September 20.<\/p>\n
Presenter \u2013 PADF-UWI Workshop on Migrants and the Law, 27 September 20.<\/p>\n
Presenter & Convenor \u2013 National Symposium \u2013 Understanding and Reconciling Race Relations in Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 30 August 2020.<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 \u2018Termination of Employment During the Time of Covid-19\u2019, ILO WEBINAIR on Labour and Covid, ILO, Geneva, 3 June 2020.<\/p>\n
Paper – Civil Liberties in The Time of Covid-19 Aspects \u2013 Focus on Economic and Social Rights – 6th Biennial Conference Webinar Series on \u201cLegal Dimension arising from Covid-19 Pandemic\u201d, CCJ, General Legal Council of Jamaica and UWI-TV, 19 May 2020.<\/p>\n
Lecturer \u2013 \u2018Legal Issues for Medicinal Cannabis\u2019 – Medicinal Cannabis – A CME Course: Seed to Prescription \u2013 12 March 20, UWI Cave Hill.<\/p>\n
Social Injustice \u2013 the Legal Perspective \u2013 18 February 2020, Catholic Commission for Justice.<\/p>\n
Address to the Nation \u2013 Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago, February 2020.<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 Developments on Drug and Cannabis Reform\u2013 Conference – Regional Implementation Dialogue on International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy – International Centre on Human Rights, Drug Policy, University of Essex, Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, German Development Corporation\u2019s Global Partnership on Drug Policy and Development, 21-22 January, Mexico City, Mexico.<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 \u2018Legal Issues on Cannabis and Science\u2019 – Launch of Scientific Cannabis Society, Trinidad, January 11, 2020.<\/p>\n
\u2018Directions for Equity in Cannabis Industry\u2019, Fair Trade and Cannabis Workshop, Latin America and the Caribbean Drugs and Democracy Programme, St. Vincent, 9\u201310 November 2019.<\/p>\n
Remand Injustice with Special Emphasis on Remand Victims of Domestic Violence \u2013 Faculty of Law Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), September 2019, Washington, USA.<\/p>\n
\u2018A Regulatory Approach to Cannabis in the Caribbean\u2019, The Regulators Speak: Cannabis, Canadian Council for the Americas, Toronto, Canada, 3-5 September 2019.<\/p>\n
Facilitator \u2013 HIV \u2013 Workshop \u2013 \u2018The Contemporary Jamaica Legal Landscape\u2019, Jamaica AIDS Support for Life \u2013 2019, Jamaica.<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 \u2018Whistleblowing- Challenges and Opportunities for Law Reform in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean\u2019, Coventry University and UK Parliamentary International \u2013 May 2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018International Rights Obligations \u2013 Venezuelan Migrants to Trinidad and Tobago\u2019 \u2013 IACHR Hearing, 8 May 2019, first hearing by UWI.<\/p>\n
\u2018The CARICOM Agenda for Law Reform for Cannabis \u2013 Addressing the International Law Dimensions,\u2019 Vienna, March, CND, 2019.<\/p>\n
Delegate \u2013 High Level Conference on Equality and Justice, Royal Commonwealth and Equality Alliance, UK, 2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Contextualising Rights for Meaningful Change for Indigenous Peoples in Trinidad and Tobago\u2019, – Workshop — Protecting Intellectual and Environmental Rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago, 23 February 2019, The UWI, St Augustine.<\/p>\n
\u2018Marijuana \u2013 The New Frontier and EU Lessons\u2019- EU CARICOM Law Conference, Faculty of Law, Coventry University, Brunswick Law School Germany \u2013 27 October 2018, St Augustine, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
\u2018Keynote \u2013 \u2018Cannabis \u2013 The Challenge for Guyana\u2019s Legal Framework\u2019 \u2013 Conversations- Law & Society Distinguished Jurist Series, 17 October 2018.<\/p>\n
Presented the Feature Address to the EU Delegation and Australian Embassy: \u2018A Dialogue on the Death Penalty in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean – Moving Towards Abolition, POS., 9 September 2018.<\/p>\n
\u2018Responsible offshore financial services post Panama and Paradise Papers\u2019 – Plenary workshop 36 of the 36th Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, 6 September 2018.<\/p>\n
\u2018Unexplained wealth in the Caribbean?\u2019 – 36th Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, Plenary workshop 41, 7 September 2018.<\/p>\n
\u2018Offshore Centres\u2019 – 36th Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, Session 13, Friday 7 September 2018.<\/p>\n
Participant – National Consultation on Labour Law Reform at the invitation of the Ministry of Labour, Hilton, 4 August 2018.<\/p>\n
\u2019Address to the Special Sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice at the Inauguration of President A. Saunders, 13 July 2018, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
Presented the Report of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana to the Heads of Government as Chair of the Commission, 4 July 2018, Montego Bay, Jamaica.<\/p>\n
\u2018Refugee Rights and Obligations in Trinidad and Tobago\u2019, Faculty of Law\/ UNHCR Refugee Law Symposium,20 June 2018, Hall of Justice.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Address to the Special Sitting of the Caribbean Court of Justice at the Inauguration of President A. Saunders, 13 July 2018, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
\u2018Autonomous States \u2013 the Case of the Commonwealth Caribbean\u2019, UN-Morocco Conference on Autonomous States and Challenges, Dakhla, Morocco, 30 June 2018.<\/p>\n
Keynote – \u2018A Pragmatic Approach to HIV and Migrant Populations in the Caribbean,\u2019 26 June 2018, PanCap, Symposium, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
\u2018Sexual Harassment, the New Paradigm\u2019 \u2013Special Inter-Parliamentary Session on Gender Inequality, 25 January 2018, Jamaica.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Future of Work and Non-Standard Forms of Employment \u2013 Law and Governance Challenges,\u2019 The Future of Work Conference, ILO, 5 December 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Race, Poverty and Access to Justice \u2013 Marijuana (Ganja) and The Law- The Human Rights Dimension\u2019, Judicial Dialogue- UWI Faculty of Law, Mona, Faculty of Law, St Augustine, URAP, UNAIDS, JEI, Trinidad, – 30 November 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the Context of the Right to Health\u2019, \u2013 Address to the Nation \u2013 FPATT, 21 November 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Mapping and overcoming the risks threats, and challenges faced by Environmental Human Rights Defenders in Latin America\u2019 –\u00a0 Universal Rights Group; Int. for Conservation of Nature in the Netherlands Conference, Embassy of Spain, Colombia, 9 November 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cDemocratic Governance against Corruption,\u201d OAS High Level Policy Expert Roundtable, Eighth Summit of the Americas; September 13, 2017, Place: Hall of the Americas, OAS headquarters, Washington<\/p>\n
Address to the Nation \u2013 Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago, February 2018; 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Whistleblowing \u2013 the Caribbean Experience\u2019, Cambridge Financial Symposium, Cambridge UK, 09 September 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Mandatory disclosure of wealth and liability for unexplained wealth\u2019, Cambridge Financial Symposium, Cambridge UK, 8 September 2017.<\/p>\n
Feature Address \u2013 \u2018Planning the Way Forward, Sexual & Reproductive Rights in the Caribbean \u2013 an Intersectionality Approach\u2019, Caribbean Family Planning Association, Saint Lucia, 16 July 2017.<\/p>\n
UN Global Commission on HIV High Level Expert Meeting, \u2018Global Commission on HIV after 5 Years,\u2019 12\u201313 July 2017, UN New York.<\/p>\n
Facilitator \u2013 National AIDS Committee of Trinidad and Tobago \u2013Training Session \u2013 HIV & the Constitution, 6 June 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Intersectionality, Gender and Labour Law in the Caribbean\u2019, The Future World of Work, Oxford Human Rights Hub Conference, Oxford, 18\u201319 May 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018Indigenous Women\u2019s Rights in the Caribbean, an IACHR Perspective\u2019, Indigenous Women Conference \u2013 31 March 2017.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Rule of Law vs Ruling by Laws in the Quest for Development\u2019, The Distinguished Jurist Lecture, Judiciary, T&T, 15 March 2017.<\/p>\n
Presentation on \u2018New Legal Developments at the Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago\u2019 to the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, 30 November 2016.<\/p>\n
\u2018Engendering Justice,\u2019 CCJ Caribbean Academy for Law and Court Administration CCJ 4th Conference, St. Maarten, 28 October 2016.<\/p>\n
Paper \u2013 \u2018Issues surrounding the Decriminalisation of Marijuana in the Caribbean\u2019 to the Latin America and Caribbean Drug Policy Conference, Dominican Republic, 5 October 2016.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Reach of the Civil Law \u2013 Follow the Money\u2019, 34th Cambridge Symposium, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK, 9 September 2016.<\/p>\n
\u2018Race & Religion in T&T and the OAS \u2013 A Human Rights Perspective\u2019, Transatlantic Roundtable On Race and Religion \u2013 3 August 2016.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Contract of Employment and CARICOM best practice for Terms and Conditions of Work Legislation\u2019 – National Tripartite Stakeholder Consultation on the Basic Terms and Conditions of Work Code, Ministry of Labour, Trinidad and Tobago, 29 June 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cLegal Issues surrounding the Situation of Persons of Haitian Descent in the Dominican Republic\u201d, CSA Conference, Haiti, June 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cReforms to the Equal Opportunity Act of Trinidad and Tobago\u201d, Equal Opportunity Commission Seminar, 3 June 2016, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Right to Privacy in the Context of Law Enforcement and the SSA Bill \u2013 A Jurisprudential Analysis\u201d \u2013 UWI FOL\/ SALISES Forum, 17 May 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cLegal Issues of Twin Island States in the Caribbean\u2019 at the \u2018UN Symposium on External Relations of Autonomous Regions and Transborder Cooperation\u2019, initiated by the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations, New York, 2 May 2016.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Naked Truth – The Death of Confidentiality in Financial Affairs\u2019, STEP Conference, 26 April 2016.<\/p>\n
Conference Chair and Paper \u201cEnsuring Coherence in Fundamental Labour Rights Case Law: Challenges and Opportunities\u201d, The Hague Institute, The Netherlands, 21\u201324 April 2016.<\/p>\n
Disability Rights in the Caribbean and the International Sphere \u2013 NODES Conference, UWI, April 2016.<\/p>\n
\u2018Disability Rights and Obligations and the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights\u2019 \u2013 Mona Disability Conference, March 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cLGBTI Rights in Trinidad and Tobago\u201d \u2013 EU FOL forum, December 2015, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
Presentation as Expert to the United Nations Office on Human Rights Forum on Minority Issues \u2013 Eight Session \u2013 Minorities in the Criminal Justice System entitled \u2018Exploring the Legal Framework for Minorities in the Criminal Justice System \u2013 An IACHR Perspective\u2019 \u2013 24\u201325 November 2015, Geneva.<\/p>\n
Paper – \u2018LGBTI Rights at the IACHR \u2013 Framing the Dialogue\u2019 \u2013 Joint Thematic Dialogue on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity \u2013 United Nations, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and African Commission on Human Rights, 3 November 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018Banking and the Right to Privacy\u2019 to Cambridge Symposium on Financial Crime, September 2015, Jesus College, Oxford, UK.<\/p>\n
\u2018Challenges in Addressing Corporate Crime,\u2019 Cambridge Symposium on Financial Crime, September 2015, Jesus College, Oxford, UK.<\/p>\n
CNN Interview on \u2018The Ayotzinapa Case of the Missing Students and Human Rights in Mexico\u2019 \u2013 August 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018Transitional Justice and the Right to Peace\u2019 – Distinguished Conference of the Supreme Court of Columbia, Cartagena, August 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Rights of Indigenous Peoples \u2013 Community Consent Index\u2019 – Oxfam \u2013Symposium, July 2015, Washington; http:\/\/politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org\/2015\/08\/the-right-to-say-no-indigenous-rights-experts-weigh-in-on-community-consent\/.<\/p>\n
Panellist on \u2018Labour Law \u2013 Future Directions\u2019 \u2013 at the International Labour Law Research Network, Amsterdam, June 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018Presented a Paper to the Distinguished Jurist Lecture Panel Discussion on \u2018Who\u2019s Afraid of Human Rights\u2019, Trinidad and Tobago Supreme Court of Justice, 13 May 2015,\u2019 http:\/\/www.ttlawcourts.org\/jeibooks\/books\/DJLDobbs.pdf.<\/p>\n
Presented a Paper entitled \u2018The Place of Race \u2013 An International Human Rights Perspective\u2019 to the Exploratory Seminar: Afro-Latin American Studies, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University, Boston, 8 May 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Caribbean Offshore Financial Services Revolution- A Bold, Futuristic Initiative Requiring Brave Leadership\u2019 – UWI\/IDB Caribbean Forum on the Future of the Caribbean \u2013 UWI, St. Augustine, 05 May 2015, http:\/\/globalislandnews.com\/the-future-of-the-caribbean\/.<\/p>\n
\u2018Promoting Human Rights \u2013 The Challenge for Christians\u2019 – Annual Regional Catholic Conference for Religious, 09 April 2015, Guyana.<\/p>\n
\u2018Offshore Banking, Regulatory Issues & Money Laundering\u2019 – Inaugural Banking Law Workshop, Faculty of Law, St. Augustine, 21 February 15.<\/p>\n
Presented a Paper, \u2018Assessing 10 Years of the CCJ\u2019s Jurisprudence \u2013 Encouraging Signs\u2019, at the CCJ Symposium: Advancing the Case for Regionalism and Indigenous Jurisprudence, Canadian Embassy, UWI, ILO, IDB, St Augustine, 21 January 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018Rights and the Equal Opportunity Act\u2019 \u2013 Equal Opportunities Commission Seminar, International Human Rights Day \u2013 10 December 2014.<\/p>\n
\u2018Living Your Dream \u2013 Success\u2019 \u2013 Address for the Six Figure Successful Women\u2019s Forum, CHSB, MBA, Barbados, 22 November 2014.<\/p>\n
\u2018Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights \u2013 The T&T Experience\u2019, Address to the FPATT, Trinidad and Tobago, 30 September 2014.<\/p>\n
\u2018Dimensions of Slavery in the New World\u2019, Feature Address to a Special Meeting at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas, York University, Toronto, Canada, 08 September 2014.<\/p>\n
\u2018Criminal Justice, Race and Rights Related Issues in North America\u2019- Feature Address, IACHR \u2013 ACLC Forum on Race, September 2014, Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Inter-American System and Rights against Race Discrimination\u2013 Indigenous and Afro-descendants\u2019 \u2013 August 2014, Mexico City.<\/p>\n
\u2018Re-engineering the Criminal Justice System\u2019; Inaugural Dana Seetahal Symposium on Criminal Justice, June 2014, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
Paper presented to medical practitioners at the 4th North American Regional Congress on Epilepsy on \u2018Legal Issues on Epilepsy\u2019 \u2013 24 May 2014, St Lucia.<\/p>\n
\u2018The International Framework for Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\u2019, Peru, April 2014.<\/p>\n
\u2018Promoting Human Rights in Haiti from the Perspective of the IACHR\u2019, December 2013, Port au Prince, Haiti.<\/p>\n
\u2018Disability Law and Rights in the Commonwealth Caribbean \u2013 December 2013, Trinidad.<\/p>\n
\u2018HIV \u2013 The Human Rights Perspective\u2019 \u2013 Feature Address at the CVC-COIN Symposium on HIV, Kingston, Jamaica, 26 November 2013.<\/p>\n
Feature Address \u2013 \u2018Race and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in North America\u2019- The IACHR\/ McGill Special Forum on Race and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, McGill, Montreal, 22\u201323, November 2013.<\/p>\n
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the IACHR \u2013 September 2013, UN Conference, Medellin, Colombia.<\/p>\n
\u2018Constitutionalising Labour at The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights,\u2019 Labour Research Development Network Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 14 June 2013.<\/p>\n
\u2018Locating Rights for Afro-Descendants in Guatemala \u2013 The Garifuna and Beyond\u2019, Antigua, Guatemala, 01 June 2013.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Perspective of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Disability\u2019, Santiago, Chile, 14 May 2013.<\/p>\n
\u2018Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under the San Salvador Protocol\u2019, Civil Society Coalition, Argentina, May 2013.<\/p>\n
\u2018Human Rights Issues Related to HIV Medical Patents & Access to Treatment \u2018\u2013 PanCap, EPOS\/Germany, St Maarten, May 2013.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Human Rights Dimensions of Poverty\u2019, XVII Inter-American Ministers of Labour Meeting, The Bahamas, May 2013.<\/p>\n
\u2018Access to the Labour Market by Vulnerable Groups\u2019, XVII Inter-American Ministers of Labour Meeting, The Bahamas, May 2013.<\/p>\n
November 2012 \u2013 Feature Address – \u2018Race Discrimination in Latin America \u2013 Defining a Rights paradigm\u2019 \u2013 Columbia.<\/p>\n
Address to the Symposium on the Rights of Persons of African Descent in Mexico, Mexico, September 2012.<\/p>\n
Lecture on The IACHR and the Relevance of Human Rights in the Caribbean, Trinidad, September 2012.<\/p>\n
UNAIDS \/ Norway Government \u2013 Caribbean representative on HIV Meeting on HIV, Treatment and Policy, 2012.<\/p>\n
\u2018HIV and the Human Rights Perspective\u2019, US Government HIV Symposium in the Caribbean, Nassau, November 2011.<\/p>\n
Led a workshop of regional participants on \u2018Migrant Workers and HIV\u2019, Trinidad, September 2011.<\/p>\n
\u2018Morality and Ethics \u2013 What does it Have to do with Law?\u2019, Brian Bernard Annual Lecture Series, St Lucia, September 2011.<\/p>\n
\u2018Teachers for Gender Equality\u2019, Special Guest Speaker, St Lucia Teachers Association, October 2011.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Legal Regime in relation to HIV in the Commonwealth Caribbean\u2019, Judicial Symposium, The Bahamas, 2011.<\/p>\n
Panellist – Experiences of Gender Inequity in the Workplace- Culture & the Place of Law in the Search for Social Justice.<\/p>\n
Guest Lectures \u2013 Washburn University on \u2018A Comparison of US and Caribbean Human Rights Law,\u2019 USA, 2011.<\/p>\n
Paper Prepared for The UN Panel on Strengthening Accountability and Changing Culture to End Violence against Women and UNITE Launch entitled, \u2018State of the Law On Sexual Harassment,\u2019 Barbados, October 2010.<\/p>\n
\u2018Pragmatic Approaches \u2013 HIV, Discrimination and Law\u2019, UWI, UNDP, PanCap Conference on HIV Policy in the Caribbean, September 2010.<\/p>\n
Paper presented to the OAS 40th General Assembly on \u2018Challenges for International Cooperation in the Convention against Corruption,\u2019 Lima, Peru,\u00a0 3-4 June 2010.<\/p>\n
Address \u2013 Legal Issues and Challenges to the Offshore Financial Sector \u2013 40 Annual Meeting of the Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank, Nassau, The Bahamas, 26 May 2010.<\/p>\n
Panellist – \u2018The Future of the Offshore Financial Sector,\u2019 Caribbean Development Bank Workshop, Barbados.<\/p>\n
Keynote \u2013 \u2018Equal Rights for Women- the St. Lucia Experience\u2019, Int. Women\u2019s Day Rally, St. Lucia Labour Party Women, 2010.<\/p>\n
Feature Address \u2013 \u2018Labour Rights in Times of Recession,\u2019 The Barbados Association of Office Professionals, 2010.<\/p>\n
Panellist: \u2018Haiti \u2013 Transformational Development and the Role of the Caribbean,\u2019 2010.<\/p>\n
Panellist: \u2018Legal Issues on the Barbados Green Paper on Immigration and the CSME’, 2010.<\/p>\n
Keynote: \u2018Creating the Right Legal Environment for Workers in Recession\u2019, Barbados Association of Office Professionals, 2010.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Integration Movement in the Caribbean: Hot Button Issues\u2019, CCJ\/ CLIC Conference, Trinidad, 2009.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Legal Issues – Freedom of Movement, CARICOM 12th Meeting on Freedom of Movement, Guyana, 2009<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Policy and Law Reform \u2013 Emerging Perspectives on HIV\/ AIDS\u2019, PanCap 9th Annual Meeting, 2009.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2018Litigating in the Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice\u2019, OECS Bar Fair \u2013 2009.<\/p>\n
Paper: Expanding the Purview of Accountability in Employment by the State, CCJ Conversations, FWS, (2009).<\/p>\n
Paper: \u201cRethinking Labour Law in the New Commonwealth Caribbean Economy\u201d, Faculty Workshop, 2008.<\/p>\n
\u2018Global standards and services in small, emerging countries\u2019 \u2013 Academic Council of the United Nations Symposium, 6 June 2009.<\/p>\n
Public Lecture: \u2018Are Constitutional Rights Universal?\u2019 for Constitution Reform Commission \u2013 St Lucia, August 2008.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Rethinking Labour Law in the Caribbean\u2019, McGill Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2008.<\/p>\n
Public Lecture on behalf of the Saint Lucia Constitution Commission \u2013 The Relationship between Domestic Human Rights and the International Sphere, April 2008, Barbados.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Emerging Issues of International Law\u2019, Commonwealth Secretariat UK Seminar, Jamaica, May 2008.<\/p>\n
Keynote: \u2018Why You Need a Labour Code\u2019 GFL Charles Foundation Lecture, St Lucia, 2008.<\/p>\n
\u2018Confidentiality in Offshore Finance \u2013 Legal Trends\u2019, Society of International Trust Practitioners Conference, Bermuda, February 2008.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Comparing the Legal Systems of Suriname and the Commonwealth Caribbean\u2019, Suriname, February 2008.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2018Reserve Powers in Offshore Trusts\u2019 \u2013 Society for Int. Trust Practitioners, Barbados, 2007.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2018The St Lucia Labour Code\u2019 GFL Charles Foundation Lecture, St Lucia, 2007.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Precedent \u2013 Looking Inward \u2013 Comments On the Paper \u2018Fi We Law\u2019, Faculty of Law Workshop, 2007.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Legal Issues on HIV and Sexuality, UWI HARP Symposium, Jamaica, September 2007.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The Offshore Financial Sector \u2013 Legal Issues\u2019, Washington DC, American Enterprise Institute, 2007.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018De-Constructing Labour Law in the Caribbean \u2013 Special Reference to Discrimination and Gender \u2018\u2013 McGill Research Group \u2013 Montreal, August 2007.<\/p>\n
ILO Training Seminar, Trinidad, September 2007.<\/p>\n
Paper – \u2018Contemporary Issues of Labour Law in the Caribbean\u2019, Commonwealth Lawyers Conference, Kenya, September 2007.<\/p>\n
\u2018Contemporary Issues -Confidentiality in Offshore Finance – Offshore Investment Oxford Symposium \u2013 9. 07, Jesus College, Oxford.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Trusts and Confidentiality \u2013 Is Confidentiality Inconsistent with Creating Wealth?\u2019 Offshore Investment International Offshore Law Conference, Puerto Rico, October 2006.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018\u2018Mapping the Social in Regional Integration \u2013 Rethinking Labour Regulation\u2019, McGill International Symposium on Labour Regulation, Montreal, Canada, September 2006.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2018Offshore Opportunities\u2019, OECS Bar Association Conference and Book Fair, Anguilla, – 2006.<\/p>\n
\u2018PanCap Caribbean HIV \/AIDS Training Workshop for Legal Practitioners, St Vincent, 2006.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Caribbean Conference, Miami, USA, 09 May 2005 -The Development of Trust Law by the Offshore Sector.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Offshore Sector -New Developments\u2019, British Virgin Islands Bar Association (STEP) Annual Conference, June 2005.<\/p>\n
Labour Law Expert \u2013 The Caribbean Employment Forum \u2013 Technical Panel Meeting, ILO, 2\u20133 March 2005.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The Global Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Industrial Relations\u2019 for The National Conference and 37. Consultation on Industrial Relations in Trinidad and Tobago, Government of Trinidad and Tobago, March 2005.<\/p>\n
Seminar Papers and Public Lecture on \u2018Developments in Commonwealth Caribbean Legal Systems\u2019 – Nova Southeastern Distinguished Visiting Professor Series, Fall 2004.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The Contribution of the Offshore Sector to Commonwealth Caribbean Legal Development\u2019 – First Annual Eastern Caribbean Bar Association\u2019s Law Fair, Kingstown, St Vincent, 2004.<\/p>\n
Lecture: \u2018Labour Law Issues\u2019 – Human Resource Professionals Workshop, Barbados -2004.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2018AIDS in the Workplace\u2019, Ernst & Young, Barbados, 2003.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2019Confidentiality Issues after Ground Zero\u2019 – Eugene Dupoch Law School, Bahamas, September 2003.<\/p>\n
Keynote: \u2018Labour Law – A Caribbean Perspective\u2019- Ernst & Young – Annual Labour Law Training seminar, Trinidad, June 2003.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The Changing Face of Labour – A Legal Perspective\u2019 – First Caribbean Labour Conference, Jamaica, 2003.<\/p>\n
\u2018Paper: \u2018Legal Issues in Offshore Finance\u2019 – SALISES Workshop on International Financial Services, April 2002.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: The Saint Lucia Civil Service Association \u2013 \u2018Productivity in the Modern Market Place\u2019, 2002.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Juvenile Justice in the Caribbean\u2019 – UNDCP\/UNICEF Conference on the Rights of Children, September 2001.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The WTO and Labour Law Issues\u2019 – Barbados Workers Union Conference on Globalisation, October 2000.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Trends in Labour Law – Globalization in the Caribbean,\u2019 Mona Academic Conference 2000.<\/p>\n
Feature Address: \u2018The Implications of Labour Law Reform for the Tourism Sector\u2019 – Hotel and Tourism Association Annual Meeting, Castries, August 2000.<\/p>\n
Public Lecture: \u2018A Defence of the Offshore Sector\u2019, UWI Central Bank Public Lecture Series, Barbados, 2000.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Place of International Financial Services and Development in the Caribbean\u2019- ISER Symposium, Barbados, January 2000.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Politics of Offshore Financial Services in the Caribbean\u2019 – The Cambridge Symposium on International Financial Crime, 1999.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The United Nations System on Human Rights – Conceptual Issues of Relevance to the Caribbean\u2019 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Conference, May 1999.<\/p>\n
\u2018Asset Forfeiture & Confiscation in the Caribbean – Constitutional Constraints\u2019, UNDCP Prosecutors Conference – St Lucia, April 1999.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties\u2019- UNDCP Judiciary Conference, St Lucia, April 1999<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Overview of Misuse of Drugs Legislation\u2019 UNDCP Magistrates Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, 1999.<\/p>\n
CBC Media Presentation: \u2018Administrative Law Issues in the West-Indian Cricket Impasse,\u2019 1998.<\/p>\n
\u2018Confidentiality Constraints in Offshore Finance\u2019- Inaugural UWI\/ CLC\/ St. Lucia Offshore Law Workshop, December 1998, St Lucia.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018The Offshore Trust – Problems and Pitfalls\u2019, UWI\/ CLC\/ St. Lucia Offshore Law Workshop, 1998, St Lucia.<\/p>\n
Special Invitee: \u2018Offshore Financial Services & Tax Planning\u2019 – Offshore Investment, London, February 1996.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018An Overview of Offshore Structures in the Caribbean\u2019, Offshore Banking Issues, Cyprus, 1996<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Securing Rights to Women Workers – With Particular Reference to Structural Adjustment\u2019 – Conference on Human Rights in the Commonwealth Caribbean; CAFRA, Trinidad – January 1995 (68 pages).<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Globalisation, Law and the Caribbean\u2019- First Congress on C\u2019bean Legal Studies; Puerto Rico, 1994.<\/p>\n
\u2018Harmonisation of Labour Law in the CARICOM Region\u2019, CARICOM Labour Ministers & Technical Advisors Meeting, St. Lucia, 1993.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Reflections on Administrative Bodies and the Administrative Justice Act\u2019 – Barbados Bar Association, 1991.<\/p>\n
Participant: International Human Rights Workshop – O.A.S., Rio de Janeiro, 1991.<\/p>\n
Paper: \u2018Occupational Health and Safety & Working Women\u2019, Conference on \u2018Women and the Law\u2019, Cave Hill, UWI, 1990.<\/p>\n[\/dipi_advanced_tabs_item][dipi_advanced_tabs_item title=”Awards, Distinctions & Honours” admin_label=”Awards, Distinctions & Honours” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Awards, Distinctions & Honours<\/h2>\n
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Awarded the Inspirational Leadership and Empowerment of Women Award, Network of NGOs 2024 \u2013 2024<\/p>\n
Inspirational Advocate of Women Award from the International Women\u2019s Forum T&T (IWFTT) \u2013 2023<\/p>\n
Distinguished Life-Time Achievement Award \u2013 the Royal Chartered Borough of Arima, as part of its 134th Anniversary celebrations, 20 April 2023 \u2013 2023<\/p>\n
Awarded Eminent Jurist \u2013 Pioneering Caribbean Women Eminent Jurist Award \u2013 2021<\/p>\n
Elected to the Board of Trustees, International Planned Parenthood Federation NGO, London \u2013 2021<\/p>\n
Awarded Certificate of Recognition as a Global Peace Citizen by Global Peace \u2013 2021<\/p>\n
Appointed Court of Appeal Judge Temporary in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (Commercial Division) (3 months) \u2013 2019<\/p>\n
Distinguished Featured Speaker \u2013 Opening of Law Term of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 2019<\/p>\n
CARICOM and NGO Delegate & Featured Speaker at the UN Convention on Narcotics and Drugs Annual Session \u2013 \u2018The CARICOM Marijuana Commission and FairTrade Options in the Cannabis Market, Vienna, Austria, 21 March 2019 \u2013 2019<\/p>\n
Honoured as Outstanding Alumnus, <\/em>UWI by the Cave Hill Campus, October 10 \u2013 2018<\/p>\nElected to the Legislative Committee of the International Planned Parenthood Federation \u2013 2018<\/p>\n
Delegate to the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting to present Report of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana as Chair of Commission, July \u2013 2018<\/p>\n
Distinguished Jurist, Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago Distinguished Jurist Series \u2013 2017<\/p>\n
Elected President, Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 2016<\/p>\n
Elected Rapporteur on Afro-Descendants and Race Discrimination \u2013 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington \u2013 2012<\/p>\n
Appointed to Advisory Committee of Small Jurisdictions Graduate Programme, Brookes University, Oxford \u2013 only member from the Caribbean \u2013 2012<\/p>\n
Appointed as Special Representative on the OAS Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights \u2013 first member from the Caribbean, formulated Indicators for the San Salvador Protocol \u2013 2012<\/p>\n
Elected Commissioner on Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (first time for women from the region) \u2013 2011<\/p>\n
Expert Delegate \u2013 UN Global Commission on HIV \u2013 2011<\/p>\n
Guest Delegate and Scholar to the OAS General Assembly Peru \u2013 2010<\/p>\n
Honoured by the Commonwealth Scholarship Foundation as an \u2018eminent\u2019 alumni and scholar \u2013 2009<\/p>\n
Awarded a plaque by the Students\u2019 Guild, Cave Hill, for \u2018Invaluable Support to the Law Society\u2019 \u2013 2009<\/p>\n
Won the UK Emerald Literati Award of Excellence 2008- Highly Commended Paper for the article \u2018The Offshore Trust a Catalyst for Development,\u2019 awarded by Emerald Publishing UK, publisher of over 190 journals \u2013 2008<\/p>\n
Honoured as one of the UWI\u2019s \u201860 under 60 Distinguished Academics\u2019 \u2013 2008<\/p>\n
Won the coveted UWI (the regional university of the Caribbean) Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Regional Award of Excellence in Research (first person from Law ever to win the award) \u2013 2006<\/p>\n
Leo Goodwin, Senior Chair in Law, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, Distinguished Visiting Professor Series \u2013 2004<\/p>\n
Nominated by peers for the UWI Vice Chancellor\u2019s Award of Excellence in Service and Research \u2013 2003<\/p>\n
Award from the Students\u2019 Guild, UWI, Cave Hill, for \u2018Courage and Dedication to students\u2019 \u2013 2002<\/p>\n
Honoured Alumni – Alma Mater – St Joseph\u2019s Convent, St Joseph, Trinidad \u2013 2002<\/p>\n
Member of Barbados Government Delegation – High Level Consultations on the OECD\u2019s Harmful Tax Competition Initiative, OECD, Barbados, 7\u20139 January 2001<\/p>\n
Won the Oxford Commonwealth Scholarship (to pursue doctoral research at Oxford University) \u2013 1994<\/p>\n
Regional Expert on Labour Law and Policy at the CARICOM Labour Ministers and Technical Advisers Meeting \u2013 1993<\/p>\n
Medal \u2013 International Institute of Human Rights & European Court on Human Rights, Strasbourg \u20131992<\/p>\n
United Nations Internship Award \u2013 United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva \u2013 1992<\/p>\n
Scholarship – International Institute of Human Rights; Strasbourg, France \u2013 1992<\/p>\n
Fellowship – Organisation of American States (OAS), Brazil \u2013 1991<\/p>\n
Cambridge Commonwealth Fellow \u2013 1989<\/p>\n
Won the Cambridge (Pegasus) Scholarship to pursue studies at Cambridge \u2013 1988<\/p>\n
Awarded ODA Scholarship to pursue LLM at Warwick University (declined) \u2013 1988<\/p>\n
Irvine Hall Valedictorian – Mona, University of the West Indies \u2013 1988<\/p>\n
Cultural & Art Award of Excellence, Irvine Hall, University of the West Indies \u2013 1988<\/p>\n
Education Award of Excellence, Irvine Hall, University of the West Indies \u2013 1988<\/p>\n
Student of the Year, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill \u2013 1986<\/p>\n
Faculty Prize \u2013 Labour Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill \u2013 1986<\/p>\n
Member of team which won the Jessup International Law Moot Competition for Best Memorial, the Alona E Evans Award, Washington DC, (first time for the UWI and the Caribbean and the first time the UWI entered international moots) \u2013 1986<\/p>\n
English Prize – University of the West Indies, St Augustine \u2013 1984<\/p>\n
Guild Award of Excellence, University of the West Indies, St Augustine \u2013 1984<\/p>\n
Shakespeare Medal \u2013 Best student in English Literature, St Joseph\u2019s Convent, Trinidad. Also won in 1981\u20131982<\/p>\n
Gold Medal – Best Student in English – St George County Council, Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 1972<\/p>\n[\/dipi_advanced_tabs_item][dipi_advanced_tabs_item title=”Professional & Community Engagement” admin_label=”Professional & Community Engagement” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Memberships<\/h2>\n
Commissioner and President, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS, Washington, DC- 2011-2015
Member of the Trinidad and Tobago Bar Association\u2014since 1988.
Member of the OECS Bar Association\u2014since 2008.
Member, Advisory Committee \u2013 International Journal of Legislative Drafting, London.
Honorary Fellow, International Society of Trust Practitioners, London.
Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Fellowship Foundation\u2014since 1989.
Member of the Saint Lucia National Trust since 2000.
Past Member of the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission Steering Committee of Barbados.
Past President and Treasurer\u2014Santa Rosa Youth Action Group, Trinidad and Tobago.
Founding Member of the Committee against Sexual Harassment (CASH) in Barbados.<\/p>\n
Other Public\/Community Service<\/h2>\n
Trustee \u2013 International Planned Parenthood Federation, London \u2013 2021 \u2013 present.<\/p>\n
President, Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago – oldest NGO in the country \u2013 2016- present.<\/p>\n
Member – Legislative Committee \u2013 International Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n
Chair, CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana and ongoing technical support to regional governments.<\/p>\n
Member of the Ministry of Labour and SMEs Task Force on Labour Law Reform, Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n
Facilitator and Resource Person to a wide variety of NGO\u2019s and Public stakeholders on law issues.<\/p>\n
Legal Advice and Motivational Activities \u2013 St Lucia Youth Service Programme – RISE \u2013 2009 \u2013present.<\/p>\n
Technical Advice to the Saint Lucia Constitution Reform Commission – August 2008.<\/p>\n
Advice to the Constitution Reform Commission on International Human Rights Law, April 2008.<\/p>\n
Patron and Advisory Board Member of the Salvation Army, St Lucia \u2013 2004\u20136. Organised several fund-raising activities, including the initiation of the Annual Dinner Theatre and a Denyse Plummer Charity Concert in September 2005. Also provided legal advice to the Board.<\/p>\n
Member of the Legal Committee for ICC Cricket World Cup, St Lucia \u2013 2005.<\/p>\n
Regional spokesperson and resource person on HIV\/AIDS \u2013 CAREC \u2013 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Leadership & Policy Influence Through Consultancy Work & Reports<\/h2>\n
Professor Antoine has a wide and versatile research and consultancy profile and has served as the lead legal consultant to many governments and international organisations, as listed below. She has often been \u2018headhunted\u2019 by international agencies and companies for consultancies. Professor Antoine’s work includes the authoring of project reports on key issues of law that directly informed and transformed legal and social policy in the region, drafting new laws and training and capacity building of the judiciary and other professionals. The projects she concluded also required her to engage in consultative processes with key stakeholders, including heading national and regional Task Forces and engaging in public outreach and meetings with the private sector and international and governmental agencies. Professor Antoine has been described by the Government of Canada and others as the \u201cforemost labour law expert in Labour Law in the region\u201d, as the \u201cleading\u201d expert in the region in Offshore Financial Law, Labour Law and Rights and the law on HIV; an eminent human rights advocate and by CARICOM and others as a \u201cchange agent\u201d.<\/p>\n
Lead Legal Consultant \u2013 Reform of Legal Education in the Caribbean<\/em>, EU\/CCJ\/ HWLS \u2013 2024.<\/p>\nLegal Advice on COVID-19 Vaccination and Labour Law Policy \u2013 OECS Heads of Government; CARICOM, Chamber of Commerce, Trinidad and Tobago; Antigua & Barbuda Employers, Manufacturers\u2019 Association T&T, OCBA, etc. \u2013 2021.<\/p>\n
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples\u2019 Rights and Access to Justice in Six Caribbean Countries, Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening Project, Canada Aid \u2013 2021.<\/p>\n
UN ECLAC Expert to the UN Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escaz\u00fa Agreement) Implementation Guide \u2013 2021.<\/p>\n
Report on PADF Consultant on Migrants and the Law in Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 (150 pages) \u2013 2020.<\/p>\n
Facilitator \u2013 \u2018Regional Consultation on the Role of Parliamentarians in Building More Inclusive Societies,\u201d Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Parliament of Saint Lucia \u2013 2020.<\/p>\n
Delegate to the UN CND to lobby for reform of the international treaty which currently criminalises cannabis \u2013 2019.<\/p>\n
Sole Expert Witness on Finance Tax Matters \u2013 Government of Canada Revenue \/ Justice Departments \u2013 2016\u20132018.<\/p>\n
Chair \/ Legal Consultant \u2013 CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana (see above) \u2013 2014\u20132019.<\/p>\n
Consultant to the Government of The Bahamas on Labour Law Reform, Drafted the Employment (Amendment) Act 2017 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2017 \u2013 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
Providing advice on labour law to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago independently and also as part of the Select Tripartite Working Group on the Reform of Labour Law appointed by the state and Industrial Relations Advisory Committee \u2013 2016\u2013present.<\/p>\n
Specialist Training on Discrimination Law and International Avenues for Redress to the Equal Opportunities Commission, Trinidad and Tobago (pro bono) \u2013 24 October 2016.<\/p>\n
UNDP Legal Expert for HIV National Training for Guyana \u2013 October 2016.<\/p>\n
Expert Witness \u2013 High Court of Jamaica on LGBTI issues in the Brendan Bain Case \u2013 2015.<\/p>\n
PanCap Consultant \u2013 Review of HIV Model Bill \u2013 2014.<\/p>\n
Consultant \u2013 The Development of a Framework for the Harmonised Labour Laws within the OECS Economic Union \u2013 2014.<\/p>\n
Sole Consultant to the Government of Dominica \u2013 Police Law Reform Project \u2013 Managed a project to amend the legislation, policy and administrative practice of the Police Service. This involved chairing meetings with the Commissioner of Police and senior police officers, Ministers of Government, senior public servants and the Police Service Commission \u2013 2012\u20132013.<\/p>\n
Advised Ministers of Health through the Main Presentation on Health, HIV & Law to the CARICOM Ministers of Health Meeting, a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), May 2012.<\/p>\n
Consultant for the Government of Montserrat to train public officers on Administrative Law and Public Service law \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
PANCAP Consultant \u2013 Formulated a Report on HIV and Migration in Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted the Public Service Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention of) Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted the Trust Law Amendment Act for the UK for Overseas Territories (TCI) \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted Juvenile legislation (Children Ordinance and amended the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance) for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Managed the HIV and Migration in the Caribbean Project for EPOS, Germany and PANCAP, supervising regional consultants and meeting with government Ministers and officials in Suriname, St Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted Amendments to the Education Ordinance for the UK Overseas Territories \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention of) Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Drafted a new Employment Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2011.<\/p>\n
Drafted a Health Regulation and Health Professions Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2011.<\/p>\n
Team Leader for Caribbean Experts \u2013 \u2018Creating a Legal Framework for Migrant Workers and HIV\u2019, PanCap \u2013 2011.<\/p>\n
Legal Expert on the OAS Committee on Race Relations, Washington, USA \u2013 2011.<\/p>\n
Prepared a Response to the OECD Peer Assessment of the Turks and Caicos International Financial Sector and its conformity with the OECD Model Tax Information Exchange Agreement on behalf of the Government and drafted legislative amendments (36 pages) \u2013 2011.<\/p>\n
As an OAS consultant, she conducted a national workshop to discuss a National Action Plan against Corruption in Trinidad and Tobago in accordance with the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) \u2013 2010.<\/p>\n
Prepared Draft Immigration (Amendment) legislation for the TCI \u2013 2010.<\/p>\n
Selected as International Team Leader (2010\u20132012) by a leading European Consultancy firm, Human Dynamics, and hired and led an international high-level eight-member team of international experts from the UK, Canada, Australia, Austria and the Caribbean to implement a million Euro value major European Development Fund Legislative Reform Project in the Turks and Caicos (TCI) on behalf of the UK government. The Team successfully brought into fruition 48 new and amended statutes on a wide variety of legal topics, including such diverse areas as public service, human rights, labour, HIV, finance, offshore trusts, OECD compliance, education, health, environment, ports, customs, anti-corruption, land reform, constitution, family, human trafficking, children, courts, immigration, tourism and private sector development \u2013\u2013 reforming most of the country\u2019s laws in a highly charged political environment. It involved interaction with the UK Governor, governmental officials, the private sector, the public in the UK and the Turks and Caicos. The work was publicly acknowledged by the Governor as being a significant catalyst for the return to democratic elections and governance in the TCI and a pathway to restoring the TCI to constitutional democracy.<\/p>\n
Led public service law reform strengthening exercises in Montserrat, Turks and Caicos and Dominica \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Legal Expert \u2013 HIV in the Caribbean \u2013 US Department of Health HIV Planning Strategies & Bahamas Conference, August 2010 \u2013 2010\u201311.<\/p>\n
Expert Technical Advice to the World Bank in its published Report on International Financial Centres in the World \u2013 2010.<\/p>\n
Consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank & the Government of Guyana- Justice Improvement Project \u2013 Developed: (1) training manual for the Judiciary (150 pages); and (2) training workbook for Magistrates (240 pages). These included detailed legislative amendments for reform \u2013 2009\u20132010.<\/p>\n
As Legal Expert, provided expertise in formulating a regional Draft Model Law on HIV for PanCap \u2013 2010.<\/p>\n
Special Delegate to Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV & AIDS 9th Annual Meeting. Presented the Feature Address: \u2018Policy and Law Reform \u2013 New Perspectives on HIV\/ AIDS\u2019 \u2013 2009.<\/p>\n
European Union (EU) Consultant in a competitive EU bid on \u2018Amendment to Laws on Free Movement in CARICOM\u2019. Wrote a Report and formulated legislative proposals that will guide future law reforms (189 pages) \u2013 2008\u20132009.<\/p>\n
OAS Consultant to Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption in Trinidad and Tobago. Led a government team and drafted legislative and policy proposals for Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 2009\u20132010.<\/p>\n
Consultant \u2013 Government of Venezuela. Gave legal advice on Labour and Social Security Law in St Lucia \u2013 2008.<\/p>\n
ILO Consultant \u2013 Prepared Report on ILO International Labour Standards and Globalisation: Tools for the globalised marketplace and held advisory sessions for regional professionals \u2013 2008.<\/p>\n
ILO Consultant \u2013 Prepared Report on \u2018Legal & Policy Initiatives to Strengthen the Response to HIV\/ AIDS in Work in Jamaica.\u2019 The project included collaboration with the social partners of Jamaica \u2013 2007\u20132008.<\/p>\n
Lead Facilitator to CRN +, UWI Symposium on HIV\/ AIDS and Law, Ethics and Human Rights, Trinidad \u2013 2007.<\/p>\n
Facilitated Workshop for Public Servants in Montserrat on \u2018Public Law Issues in the Public Service \u2013 2005.<\/p>\n
Consultant to the Government of Dominica \u2013 Prepared Report and legislative proposals on \u2018Public Service Law Reform in Dominica and led advisory sessions with high-level public servants \u2013 2005.<\/p>\n
Facilitated a Workshop for Media Personnel in Suriname on \u2018HIV\/AIDS in Employment\u2019 \u2013 2005.<\/p>\n
UNIFEM Consultant \u2013Report on \u2018Labour Law and Gender Issues in the Caribbean \u2013 Update\u2019 \u2013 2004.<\/p>\n
World Bank consultant to Dominica \u2013 Gave legal advice on Redundancy in the Public Service within the context of a structural adjustment programme \u2013 2004.<\/p>\n
Consultant to the Government of Canada \u2013 Prepared a Study on Labour Law and Rights in the Caribbean for use in trade and investment initiatives (210 pages) \u2013 2003.<\/p>\n
ILO Consultant to the Programme for the Promotion of Management-Labour Cooperation \u2013 2003.<\/p>\n
ILO Legal Consultant\u2013 Prepared Report on \u2018Eliminating Discrimination in Employment in The Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.\u2019 Led a team of professionals \u2013 2002.<\/p>\n
UNDCP Legal Consultant \u2013 Prepared Report on Mutual Legal Assistance in the OECS \u2013 2001.<\/p>\n
ILO Legal Consultant \u2013 ILO \/ St Lucia Labour Law Reform Project \u2013 1999\u20132001.<\/p>\n
Substantive review of existing laws, law reform proposals and the drafting of a consolidated full set of labour laws, originally in the form of a Labour Code (530 pages), which has been duplicated in other countries; Chaired and coordinated a National Task Force. The laws included:<\/p>\n
Unfair Dismissal Law;
Wrong Dismissal, Summary Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal Law;
Redundancy and Lay-off Laws;
Discrimination in Employment Law (including HIV (a first), Sexual Harassment & Equal Remuneration);
Pregnancy and Maternity Protection Law;
Sick Leave, Vacation and Other Leave Law;
Occupational Health and Safety Law;
Hours of Work Law;
Public Contracts Law;
Child Labour and Women in Employment Laws;
Contract of Employment Laws;
Protection in Industrial Action laws;
Recognition of Unions Laws; and
Industrial conciliation and dispute resolution.<\/p>\n
UNICEF Consultant \u2013 Prepared Report on Juvenile Justice Reform in Barbados and made proposals for law reform \u2013 1999\u20132000.<\/p>\n
UNDCP Consultant for the Caribbean Regional Drug Control Project: Prepared Reports and led workshops for legal professionals, including the judiciary, on Money Laundering, the Law on Drugs and relevant Constitutional and Human Rights issues \u2013 1998\u201399.<\/p>\n
UNDCP Consultant: Led workshops for law enforcement officials and the judiciary on Mutual Legal Assistance \u2013 1998\u20139.<\/p>\n
UNIFEM\/ ILO Consultant \u2013 Prepared Report on Women\u2019s Rights in the Workplace \u2013 1998\u201399.<\/p>\n
Consultant to UNICEF and the Government of Dominica \u2013 Led Study and Prepared Report on \u2018The Conformity of Dominica Law to the UNICEF Convention.\u2019 Chaired policy meetings of government and private sector \u2013 1998.<\/p>\n
Inter-American Development Bank Consultant on the project Labour Market Regulation and Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean (with economist Professor Andrew Downes). Prepared a section of the report on legal issues \u2013 1997\u20138.<\/p>\n
World Bank Consultant with a team of economists. Prepared section on Legal Issues in a Report entitled Study of Portability of Severance Pay in Barbados; Report \u2013 (114 pages) \u2013 1994.<\/p>\n
UNDCP Consultant \u2013 Law on Drug Related Offences in the Commonwealth Caribbean \u2013 United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP); Prepared Report (260 pages) \u2013 1993.<\/p>\n
Consultant \u2013 CARICOM Labour Law Harmonisation Project \u2013 Major study involving high-level regional meetings, legal professionals, high-level public officials and presentations to CARICOM government meetings. Authored a Report with detailed proposed legislative amendments on every facet of labour law and industrial relations, leading to the formulation of CARICOM Model Labour Laws and several country law reform exercises, including anti-discrimination legislation (563 pages) \u2013 1992.<\/p>\n
UNICEF Consultant \u2013 Led a team of professionals in the study and prepared a Report on the Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Status of Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean \u2013 1992.<\/p>\n
UNICEF Consultant \u2013 Prepared a Report on Antigua and Barbuda and the UNICEF Convention \u2013 1991\u20132.<\/p>\n
UNICEF Consultant \u2013 Prepared a Report on The Laws of St Lucia and the UNICEF Convention \u2013 1991.<\/p>\n
LEADERSHIP THROUGH RESOURCE MOBILISATION (not in chronological order)<\/strong><\/p>\nApart from the management and mobilisation expertise demonstrated in major consultancy work that she successfully concluded, as noted above, Professor Antoine led several developmental and transformational activities, including:<\/p>\n
Spearheaded a joint LLM Programme on Health Law with Georgetown University Law Centre \u2013 2020\u201321.<\/p>\n
As Dean initiated bidding competitively for million-dollar donor grants for institutional \/staff development and social reform \u2013 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020.<\/p>\n
Formulated, won and successfully implemented three competitive consultancy bids from EU and EDF in 4 years and a 4th campus project, PADF, on behalf of the Faculty of Law, UWI, serving as Project Leader and instituting a large number of varied project activities -training workshops, research, publication, Human Rights forum, documentaries, litigation and pioneering hearings before the IACHR:<\/p>\n
Donor project \u2013 Remand Injustice with Special Emphasis on Domestic Violence in Murder Cases. Serving as Project Leader, Attorney. Launched litigation against the state on delay on remand \u2013 November 2020\u20132019 \u2013 EU research \/advocacy grant for the Faculty of Law; Strengthening Human Rights in Trinidad and Tobago, EDF Project, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/humanrightsadvocacyuwi\/ 2016\u2013 2018 \u2013 Several lecturers worked on this project. Outputs included a Children\u2019s Moot, Seminars, Human Rights Youth Symposium, Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Workshop on Intellectual Property and Environmental Law, Children\u2019s Law Training Workshop, Migrants Symposium and IACHR hearings.<\/p>\n
First grant for the Faculty of Law, St. Augustine, UWI \u2013EU Grant- Growing Capacity for Human Rights. Outputs included a Parliamentary Session on the Death Penalty, Films, Human Rights Day, Training and Seminars \u2013 2015\u20132017.<\/p>\n
Appointed Chair, UWI Standing Committee on Ordinances and Regulations \u2013 2019.<\/p>\n
Conceptualised and implemented the Legislative Drafting Continuing Legal Education Workshop in Legislative Drafting \u2013 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
Drafted Examination Regulations for the UWI \u2013 2015\u20132016.<\/p>\n
Created the Makandal Daaga Scholarship with activism as a criterion for entry into the LLB and emphasis on the underserved \u2013 2015.<\/p>\n
Established a public education\/ advocacy tool in a newspaper column \u2013 Law and You in the Express newspaper to encourage lecturers to become socially engaged and develop research and writing skills on important legal issues of the day \u2013 2014\u20132018.<\/p>\n
Drafted the Sexual Harassment Policy and Practice, UWI; 2017 \u2013 present \u2013 conducted training for UWI personnel \u2013 2015\u20132016<\/p>\n
Established the International Human Rights Clinic, Faculty of Law, UWI, St. Augustine, first of its kind \u2013 to pursue innovative legal education, activism and litigation, extending academia to NGOs, practitioners and international tribunals. A law course to facilitate the Clinic was also created for the LLB Syllabus in 2015. Outputs include two historic hearings before the IACHR, conference offerings and landmark litigation before the Equal Opportunities Tribunal on disability and the High Court on remand injustice \u2013 2014.<\/p>\n
Conceptualised and implemented cutting-edge law workshops \u2013 Oil & Gas Workshop, Banking Law, Intellectual Property and Environmental Law for Indigenous Peoples, Sports Law Conferences, etc., with considerable financial sponsorship from private and public sectors and trained staff in conference management \u2013 2014\u2013present.<\/p>\n
Successfully introduced a number of international linkages and MOUs with leading institutions \u2013 2014\u2013present.<\/p>\n
Chair \u2013 University of the West Indies Senate Appeal Committee on Disciplinary Matters \u2013 2013\u20132015.<\/p>\n
Developed and implemented the Master of Laws in Corporate and Commercial Law at UWI, an innovative and flexible program catering to practising attorneys, offered across regional campuses using online delivery and teleconferencing. Planning involved finance, registry management, public relations, training of faculty, student sourcing, coordination of examinations, design of logo, syllabi, website and library development, etc. It also pioneered the concept of an adjunct faculty, utilising distinguished legal practitioners. The programme generates considerable revenue for the faculty and was used as the model to expand into the regional UWI LLM and into Public Law and other subjects \u2013 2000\u20132.<\/p>\n
Conceptualised and implemented the prototype for the now-established Caribbean Commercial Law Workshop, with the successful implementation of the pioneering Inaugural Offshore Law Workshop, the first fee-paying, financially sustainable workshop held by the Faculty of Law, UWI, for legal and financial practitioners. It provided the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge legal and educational developments, develop the faculty\u2019s alumni base and net significant revenue. It also attracted corporate sponsorship \u2013 1998.<\/p>\n
Instigated and developed the now-established Washburn USA\/ UWI Summer Programme. Continued to facilitate the programme under new faculty leadership \u2013 2008\u20132009.<\/p>\n
Developed collaborative programme with the University of Suriname \u2013 3 lectures\/workshops organised, and also worked with the Surinam faculty to develop and implement their Graduate Law programme \u20132007\u20132009.<\/p>\n
Chaired the Faculty Exchange Committee, developing exchange programmes (MOU\u2019s) with universities in the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA. Also developed a Protocol for Visiting Scholars \u2013 2007\u20132010.<\/p>\n
As Deputy Dean, performed a variety of administrative tasks and also actively facilitated and supported staff initiatives such as the Faculty Discussion Series, URAP \u2013 2005\u20139.<\/p>\n
Conceptualised and coordinated the \u2018LLM Master Class\u2019 \u2013 a successful, specialist mini-workshop for practitioners in the region, to further the goals of continuing legal education, enhancing revenue earning capacity and alumni relations \u2013 2004\u20135.<\/p>\n
Member of the Select Standing Committee on Regulations \u2013 responsible for advising on and drafting the Rules and Regulations for the regional University of the West Indies \u2013 2009\u2013present.<\/p>\n
Initiated and organised the first Television Law Education Series by the Faculty (with CBC, Barbados), hosting, with Faculty Members, media sessions on a wide array of law topics for the public \u2013 2008\u20139.<\/p>\n
Selected as a member of leading international Advisory Boards and Committees, e.g., of Oxford Brookes University (see above) \u2013 2012.<\/p>\n
Chairperson, Campus Examinations Committee, Cave Hill \u2013 managed the university\u2019s examination function, paying special attention to clarifying regulations and making procedures more efficient \u20132008\u20139.<\/p>\n
Chairperson \u2013 Graduate Studies Committee \u2013 2002\u20132021.<\/p>\n
Hosted a regional workshop on Rights Issues and Sexual Orientation in Latin America and the Caribbean, IACHR \u2013 September 2012.<\/p>\n
Coordinated and sat on a Panel at the United Nations Academic Council\u2019s Conference on Small and Emerging States \u2013 2009.<\/p>\n
Organised an Interactive, artistic Law Exhibition in honour of the UWI\u2019s 60th Anniversary, displaying its achievements and honouring distinguished alumni of the Faculty, including the special guest, the Prime Minister of Barbados \u2013 2008.<\/p>\n
Organised a Conference on the European Partnership Agreement (EPA). (Input from the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery and the Institute of International Affairs, St Augustine \u2013 2008.<\/p>\n
UWI HIV AIDS Steering Committee (Legal Representative); HARP (wrote UWI HIV Policy). 2007\u2013present.<\/p>\n
Appointed by Principal Sir Keith Hunte as University \u2018Investigator\u2019 and Sole Consultant to the CARICOM Labour Law Harmonisation Project, a stalled university\/ faculty project that was subsequently concluded successfully \u2013 1992.<\/p>\n
Organised the Public Lecture Series, the Anthony Bland Memorial Public Lecture Series and the UWIDITE Public Lectures, the most successful lecture series the Faculty has ever witnessed \u2013 1991\u20132003.<\/p>\n
Series \u2013 Founding Member of the Coalition Against Sexual Harassment in Barbados, which has led to a major legislative draft on sexual harassment. Detailed work on legislative amendment and reform \u2013 2003\u20132008.<\/p>\n
Worked towards a European Aid Programme with the University of Suriname for a million-dollar fund \u2013 2008\u201309.<\/p>\n
Spearheaded capacity building in Saint Lucia to prevent domestic violence and rape \u2013 Saint Lucia Crisis Centre and related organisations\/ NGOs \u2013 2002\u20132004.<\/p>\n
Food and Beverage Chairperson \u2013 Staff Common Room, The UWI, Cave Hill \u2013 Introduced full-service meals to the campus \u2013 1991\u20131993.<\/p>\n
Coordinator \u2013 UWI Staff Week \u2013 Headed a committee which organised a week of recreational and social activities for UWI staff \u2013 1992.<\/p>\n
Cave-Hill Campus & Principal\u2019s Nominee to \u2013 The Association of Commonwealth Universities\u2019 Workshop on \u2018Women in Management in Higher Education\u2019 \u2013 2001.<\/p>\n
Other University and Faculty Committees:<\/strong><\/p>\nLong-standing member of the Assessment and Promotions Committee \u2013 2013;
Campus Representative \u2013 UWI Open Campus \u2013 2009\u20132010;
Campus Representative \u2013 Council \u2013 2007\u20132009;
Non-professorial Member \u2013 Academic Board \u2013 2002\u20132003;
Law Representative to Board of Social Sciences \u2013 2003;
Curriculum Development Committee;
Faculty Regulations Committee;
Nominated by special request of students to be their representative on the Joint Consultative Committee \u2013 2002\u20132004;
Assessment and Promotions \u2013 2002\u2013present;
Pay and Promotions \u2013 1996\u20132003;
Environment Committee 1996\u20132002;
University of Guyana Examiner in Labour Law Subjects; and
Cited by Principal Sir Keith Hunte as University Investigator and Consultant to the CARICOM Labour Law Harmonisation Project (above).<\/p>\n[\/dipi_advanced_tabs_item][\/dipi_advanced_tabs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
St. Augustine Campus PrincipalProfessor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the St Augustine Campus, University of the West Indies and Professor of Labour Law and Offshore Financial Law, is an attorney, Oxford and Cambridge Scholar, Cambridge Fellow and award-winning, internationally recognised author whose career embodies excellence in research combined with an outstanding record […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the St Augustine Campus, University of the West Indies and Professor of Labour Law and Offshore Financial Law, is an attorney, Cambridge Fellow and award-winning, internationally recognised author whose career embodies excellence in research combined with an outstanding record of transformational public service and leadership in the region and beyond. Accordingly, she has earned an international reputation as a leading scholar, versatile international consultant and human rights and development activist. Her scholarship has been acknowledged not only for its quality and depth but its diversity, creativity, humanity and breadth.\r\n\r\nProfessor Antoine made history by winning the regional Vice Chancellor\u2019s Award for Excellence twice, in 2006 for Research and in 2013 for Public Service. In 2018, she was honoured by UWI Cave Hill Campus as an \u2018Outstanding Alumnus\u2019. She has written 17 books and published numerous articles in international legal journals, with her work being described by international reviewers as \u2018original\u2019, \u2018insightful and amazing\u2019. In 2021, Professor Antoine was bequeathed the Award of Eminent Jurist \u2013 Pioneering Caribbean Woman by the Caribbean Court of Justice, as well as named a Global Peace Citizen.\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/04\/freecompress-DSC00057-scaled.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nEDUCATION<\/strong>\r\n\r\nDoctorate in Law, Balliol College, Oxford University (International Financial Law) \u2013<\/strong> 1998\r\n\r\nLLM from Cambridge University, with distinctions in International & Comparative Labour Law, Civil Liberties (Human Rights), Administrative Law and International Law \u2013<\/strong> 1989\r\n\r\nDiploma in International Human Rights Law - International Institute of Human Rights\/ECHR, Strasbourg \u2013<\/strong> 1992\r\n\r\nCertificate - Centre for International Human Rights Teaching, France \u2013<\/strong> 1992\r\n\r\nInner Temple, London; (Bar Preparation - as Pegasus Scholar) \u2013<\/strong> 1989\r\n\r\nProfessional Qualification as Barrister and Solicitor - Norman Manley Law School, including courses on legal drafting \u2013<\/strong> 1988\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/strong>LLB - University of the West Indies (UWI) Upper Honours \u2013<\/strong> 1986\r\n\r\nManagement Programme (including Economics and Sociology), UWI \u2013<\/strong> one year \u2013<\/strong> 1983\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/04\/freecompress-DSC06957-scaled.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nAWARDS, DISTINCTIONS AND HONOURS<\/strong>\r\n\r\nInspirational Advocate of Women Award from the International Women\u2019s Forum T&T (IWFTT) \u2013 2023\r\n\r\nPioneering Caribbean Women Eminent Jurist Award \u2013 2021\r\n\r\nElected Rapporteur on Afro-Descendants and Race Discrimination \u2013 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington \u2013<\/strong> 2012\r\n\r\nAppointed to Advisory Committee of Small Jurisdictions Graduate Programme, Brookes University, Oxford \u2013 only member from the Caribbean \u2013<\/strong> 2012\r\n\r\nAppointed as Special Representative on the OAS Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights \u2013 first member from the Caribbean, formulated Indicators for the San Salvador Protocol \u2013<\/strong> 2012\r\n\r\nElected Commissioner on Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (first time for women from the region) \u2013<\/strong> 2011\r\n\r\nExpert Delegate \u2013 UN Global Commission on HIV \u2013<\/strong> 2011\r\n\r\nGuest Delegate and Scholar to the OAS General Assembly Peru \u2013<\/strong> 2010\r\n\r\nHonoured by the Commonwealth Scholarship Foundation as an \u2018eminent\u2019 alumni and scholar \u2013<\/strong> 2009\r\n\r\nAwarded a plaque by the Students\u2019 Guild, Cave Hill, for \u2018Invaluable Support to the Law Society\u2019 \u2013<\/strong> 2009\r\n\r\nWon the UK Emerald Literati Award of Excellence 2008- Highly Commended Paper<\/em> for the article \u2018The Offshore Trust a Catalyst for Development,\u2019 awarded by Emerald Publishing UK, publisher of over 190 journals \u2013<\/strong> 2008\r\n\r\nHonoured as one of the UWI\u2019s \u201860 under 60 Distinguished Academics\u2019 \u2013<\/strong> 2008\r\n\r\nWon the coveted UWI (the regional university of the Caribbean) Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Regional Award of Excellence in Research (first person from Law ever to win the award) \u2013<\/strong> 2006\r\n\r\nLeo Goodwin, Senior Chair in Law, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, Distinguished Visiting Professor Series \u2013<\/strong> 2004\r\n\r\nNominated by peers for the UWI Vice Chancellor\u2019s Award of Excellence in Service and Research \u2013<\/strong> 2003\r\n\r\nAward from the Students\u2019 Guild, UWI, Cave Hill, for \u2018Courage and Dedication to students\u2019 \u2013<\/strong> 2002\r\n\r\nHonoured Alumni - Alma Mater - St Joseph\u2019s Convent, St Joseph, Trinidad \u2013<\/strong> 2002\r\n\r\nMember of Barbados Government Delegation -<\/em> High Level Consultations on the OECD\u2019s Harmful Tax Competition Initiative<\/em>, OECD, Barbados, 7\u2013<\/strong>9 January 2001\r\n\r\nWon the Oxford Commonwealth Scholarship (to pursue doctoral research at Oxford University) \u2013<\/strong> 1994\r\n\r\nRegional Expert on Labour Law and Policy at the CARICOM Labour Ministers and Technical Advisers Meeting \u2013<\/strong> 1993\r\n\r\nMedal \u2013<\/strong> International Institute of Human Rights & European Court on Human Rights, Strasbourg \u2013<\/strong>1992\r\n\r\nUnited Nations Internship Award \u2013<\/strong> United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva \u2013<\/strong> 1992\r\n\r\nScholarship - International Institute of Human Rights; Strasbourg, France \u2013<\/strong> 1992\r\n\r\nFellowship - Organisation of American States (OAS), Brazil \u2013<\/strong> 1991\r\n\r\nCambridge Commonwealth Fellow \u2013<\/strong> 1989\r\n\r\nWon the Cambridge (Pegasus) Scholarship to pursue studies at Cambridge \u2013<\/strong> 1988\r\n\r\nAwarded ODA Scholarship to pursue LLM at Warwick University (declined) \u2013<\/strong> 1988\r\n\r\nIrvine Hall Valedictorian - Mona, University of the West Indies \u2013<\/strong> 1988\r\n\r\nCultural & Art Award of Excellence, Irvine Hall, University of the West Indies \u2013<\/strong> 1988\r\n\r\nEducation Award of Excellence, Irvine Hall, University of the West Indies \u2013<\/strong> 1988\r\n\r\nStudent of the Year, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill \u2013<\/strong> 1986\r\n\r\nFaculty Prize \u2013<\/strong> Labour Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill \u2013<\/strong> 1986\r\n\r\nMember of team which won the Jessup International Law Moot Competition for Best Memorial, the Alona E Evans Award,<\/em> Washington DC, (first time for the UWI and the Caribbean and the first time the UWI entered international moots) \u2013<\/strong> 1986\r\n\r\nEnglish Prize - University of the West Indies, St Augustine \u2013<\/strong> 1984\r\n\r\nGuild Award of Excellence, University of the West Indies, St Augustine \u2013<\/strong> 1984\r\n\r\nShakespeare Medal \u2013 Best student in English Literature, St Joseph\u2019s Convent, Trinidad. Also won in 1981\u2013<\/strong>1982\r\n\r\nGold Medal - Best Student in English - St George County Council, Trinidad and Tobago \u2013<\/strong> 1972\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/10\/principalportrait.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nWORK EXPERIENCE <\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/strong>(a) POSITIONS HELD<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nPrincipal and Pro Vice-Chancellor, St. Augustine Campus, University of the West Indies \u2013 <\/strong>August 2022 \u2013 present\r\n\r\nMember \u2013 National Industrial Relations Advisory Committee,<\/strong> Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 2019 \u2013 present (3rd<\/sup> term), (previously part of Working Committee \u2013 Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprises).\r\n\r\nCourt of Appeal Judge Temporary (Special Assignment)<\/strong> in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (Commercial Court Division) (3 months) (This is a regional court of the highest jurisdiction, which serves nine territories in the Caribbean).\r\n\r\nChair \u2013 Arthur Lok Jack School of Business Board, Trinidad.\r\n\r\nChair \u2013 ROYTEC School of Business and Applied Studies Ltd. Board, Trinidad \u2013 2022 \u2013 present\r\n\r\nDirector \u2013 Board of Guardian Media Ltd \u2013 2022 \u2013 present\r\n\r\nPro Vice-Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research, UW, Headquarters, Mona, Jamaica \u2013 <\/strong>August 2021 \u2013 July 2022\r\n\r\nChair \u2013Standing Committee on Regulations, UWI <\/strong>\u2013 2019\u20132021 \u2013 drafted and supervised UWI Administrative Regulations.\r\n\r\nChair of Deans <\/strong>\u2013UWI and Member, Campus Executive Management Committee \u2013 <\/strong>2019\u20132021.\r\n\r\nUniversity Dean of Faculties of Law, University of the West Indies, <\/strong>2014 \u20132017, and 2020 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0 representing UWI Deans of Law and in external matters relating to Law.\r\n\r\nMember of the Caribbean Regional Council of Legal Education of the West Indies<\/strong> \u2013 2014\u20132017 and 2020\u20132021.\r\n\r\nDean, (Inaugural) Faculty of Law, <\/strong>The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, August 2013\u20132021 (2 terms; Started PhD programme; Created management, evaluation and development mechanisms; created dynamic Conference and Outreach strategy; Initiated UWI LLM, Generated revenue from donor funds, conferences, new LLM and Bursaries from Friends of the Faculty; Initiated databases for Faculty Alumni, Friends of the Faculty; Dean\u2019s List, and Prize-giving etc.; Sourced and created scholarships for students and staff.\r\n\r\nPresident <\/strong>of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), OAS, Washington DC, 2014\u20132015, overseeing the IACHR\u2019s mandate, including human rights petitions, precautionary measures, promotional events, reports, public hearings and country visits.\r\n\r\nChair of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana <\/strong>- coordinated a 10-member regional team of medical, legal and socio-economic professionals responsible for research, national consultations on cannabis law reform in the Caribbean and authoring the Report of the Commission. The Commission made influential law and policy reform proposals for the current criminalized status of marijuana, the impetus for current regional law reform \u2013 2014\u20132019.\r\n\r\nRapporteur on Indigenous Peoples, <\/strong>IACHR, 2013\u20132015 \u2013 work included protecting against human rights violations of indigenous peoples and afro-descendants as a result of encroachment on land and water resources by foreign companies. Conceptualised and spearheaded an important Report - Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendent Communities, and Natural Resources: Human Rights Protection in the Context of Extraction, Exploitation, and Development Activities<\/em> OEA\/Ser.L\/V\/II. Doc. 47\/15 31 December 2015, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Washington. http:\/\/www.oas.org\/en\/iachr\/reports\/pdfs\/extractiveindustries2016.pdf<\/a>; Initiated a campaign for and advocated for state responsibility for private firms resourced by states and impacting human rights violations in other countries, e.g. Canadian companies in overseas extractive industries.\r\n\r\nInaugural Head of IACHR Special Unit on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,<\/strong> OAS with specific mandate to develop and manage the Unit, which operated across the region (North American, Latin America and the Caribbean), spearheading promotional, investigative and training activities relating to issues such as rights on labour, health, environment, education, culture and the like. The Unit had a special responsibility to respond to the OAS States\u2019 desire to emphasise these rights, including the promotion of the Inter-American Convention and Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Unit was then elevated to a full Rapporteurship. Was also the IACHR spokesperson on HIV and the OAS representative on the Working Group formulating Indicators<\/em> for the justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights for the OAS San Salvador Protocol. Also, spokesperson on LGBTI issues.\r\n\r\nRapporteur<\/strong> on Race Discrimination and Afro Descendants and against Discrimination<\/strong>, IACHR, 2011\u20132015 \u2013 managing a regional unit working on activities related to race discrimination in the Americas and represented the IACHR in international activities, such as working with the UN in Geneva. Examined specific issues of Afro-descendant women and LGBTI persons in the region.\u00a0 Created a special campaign to \u2018visibilise\u2019<\/strong> neglected issues of racism in North America and the region, actively organising targeted public hearings, including the Trayvon Martin matter and Stand Your Ground Laws, town-hall meetings and Symposia in the USA, Latin America, Canada, Colombia and the Caribbean. Carried out missions\/state visits, for example, to the Southern USA and Colombia, to interrogate issues of Racism in the Criminal Justice system and police use of force predating<\/strong> \u2018Black Lives Matter,\u2019 partnering with leading Afro-American activists.\u00a0 Also engineered significant capacity building of the Rapporteurship. The four years of groundbreaking work were sustained and culminated in an important report - Police Use of Force, and Human Rights in the United States,<\/em><\/strong> OEA\/Ser.L\/V\/II. Doc. 156 26 November 2018, Washington. Made a significant contribution, as a layperson, to an earlier report on afro-descendant rights in the region - The Situation of People of African Descent in the Americas,<\/em><\/strong> OEA\/Ser.L\/V\/II.\u00a0\u00a0 Doc. 62,\u00a05 December 2011, IACHR, Washington. Also spearheaded the initiative for a state visit to the Dominican Republic to investigate the Haitian descendants\u2019 constitutional crisis, identifying it as centred on race, not merely migrants. This led to a special report by the IACHR.\r\n\r\nMember of OAS Working Group drafting<\/strong> the OAS Convention Racism and Protocol, and The OAS Convention on Discrimination.\r\n\r\nProfessor of Law,<\/strong> UWI \u2013 2004\u2013present; Senior Lecturer \u2013 1998\u20132003. Designed and Directed LLM and LLB Courses in International\/Offshore Financial Law (LLM), Comparative Labour Law (LLM), Law and Legal Systems, Discrimination in Employment, Employment Law, Global Health Law, and Industrial Relations Law. The offshore law course was the first of its kind in the world. The Discrimination course was the first to include the HIV subject in the syllabus. Instrumental in developing the course on International Human Rights and course-directed Human Rights and Administrative Law. Further, supervised numerous graduate programme theses, including PhD\u2019s at UWI and abroad (Oxford, Cambridge, Australia) on a diverse range of subjects.<\/em>\r\n\r\nCommissioner<\/strong> on the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, Washington, DC, hearing human rights complaints from the USA, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean and engaging in human rights activities, 2011\u20132015. The first person to be asked by peers to head two rapporteurships at the same time \u2013 Afro-descendants and Indigenous peoples. Also asked to work with the LGBTI unit, later made into a Rapporteurship, as a resource person.\r\n\r\nPresident \u2013<\/strong> Family Planning Association<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 oldest NGO in Trinidad and Tobago 2015\u2013present \u2013 the main provider of sexual and reproductive health services and advocacy, including HIV, contraceptives, cervical cancer screenings, agent of UNHCR for such services for migrants; managing staff of the four clinics in the country including a mobile clinic and providing international representation.\r\n\r\nCountry Rapporteur<\/strong> on the IACHR for Canada, Chile, Paraguay and Nicaragua \u2013 managing the portfolio for the listed countries, including supervising cases presented to the Commission, meetings with Ambassadors and other officials of the respective countries, leading country visits, discussions and hearings on matters originating from the respective countries.\r\n\r\nInaugural Programme Director and Developer of the LLM Programme<\/strong> in Corporate and Commercial Law \u2013 the first cross-campus programme, combining face-to-face and online (whilst still maintaining LLB and LLM teaching duties -see below) 2000\u20132002; Also spearheaded and operationalised the Regional LLM programme<\/strong>, which replaced the LLM, with all campuses, in 2013.\r\n\r\nChairperson <\/strong>\u2013 Caribbean HIV and Migration Committee- leading a team of medical, legal and other professionals working toward developing appropriate legal frameworks and legislative and policy reform proposals in relation to issues of migration and HIV.\r\n\r\nInternational Legal Consultant<\/strong> (see below for details of important consultancies and projects, e.g. TCI law reform project).\r\n\r\nLaw Firm Partner <\/strong>\u2013 2006\u2013present \u2013 Anthony & Antoine, <\/em>Saint Lucia \u2013<\/em> Public Law<\/strong>\/Administrative Law<\/strong>, Labour Law specialists<\/strong> (part of the successful legal team on the first case before the Caribbean Court of Justice on regional trade under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas). Pro bono Litigation work on behalf of the Faculty of Law on a landmark disability case before the Equal Opportunities Tribunal and constitutional challenge on remand before the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago.\r\n\r\nManager and Team Leader of Several Key Law Reform Projects and Consultancies (see below) <\/strong>\r\n\r\nAdjunct Professor<\/strong> to DePaul University Chicago, University of Illinois, Chicago, International Financial Law, 2010; 2011;\r\n\r\nAdjunct Professor<\/strong> to Case Western Reserve University, USA, in 2005\u20132009 on the International Business Programme.<\/em>\r\n\r\nDeputy-Dean, Outreach <\/strong>\u2013 Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies \u2013 2004\u20132009, performed general administrative functions, with an emphasis on outreach and promotional activities and drafting Faculty Regulations.\r\n\r\nChairperson, Campus Examinations Committee<\/strong>, Cave Hill, Barbados, 2008\u20139 \u2013 managed university\u2019s examination function.\r\n\r\nChair \u2013 Faculty of Law\u2019s Graduate<\/strong> Committee, Cave Hill, Barbados \u2013 2000\u2013present.\r\n\r\nInternational Financial Law Expert<\/strong> Residence at Harney,<\/em> Westwood & Riegels<\/em>, the leading International Law firm and largest law firm in the Caribbean, 2001.\r\n\r\nAdjunct Professor<\/strong> in Law - Florida State University\/UWI Program, 1999\u20132000.\r\n\r\nLegal Officer<\/strong> \u2013 International Labour Office (ILO), United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1995\u201396. Worked on issues of labour law, including law reform. This involved desk work as well as direct interaction with state partners, unions and the private sector.\r\n\r\nSubject Leader<\/strong>\u2011 Faculty of Law - Labour Law Courses and Common Law courses \u2013 1996\u2013to present\r\n\r\nIntern <\/strong>\u2013 United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, 1992.\r\n\r\nLecturer <\/strong>\u2013 Faculty of Law, UWI, International Summer Program on International Law of Human Rights, <\/em>1991.<\/em>\r\n\r\nAttorney <\/strong>\u2013 Clifford Chance Law Firm; London \u2013 Special Assignment: Pioneering Pro-Bono Caribbean Death Row Appeals to the UN \u2013 involving specialist work in international and Caribbean Human Rights, 1989, which led to landmark judgment Pratt and Morgan<\/em>.\r\n\r\nIntern <\/strong>\u2013 The Office of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Dominica, 1987.\r\n\r\nIntern <\/strong>\u2013 Harris J., UN Expert on Legal Reform, Dominica \u2013 Legal Drafting and Legal Reform Assignments, 1987.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n3 (B) LEADERSHIP AND POLICY INFLUENCE THROUGH CONSULTANCY WORK AND REPORTS<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nI have a wide and versatile research and consultancy profile and have served as the lead legal consultant to many governments and international organisations, as listed below. I have often been \u2018headhunted\u2019 by international agencies and companies for consultancies. My work includes the authoring of project reports on key issues of law that directly informed and transformed legal and social policy in the region, drafting new laws and training and capacity building of the judiciary and other professionals. The projects I concluded also required me to engage in consultative processes with key stakeholders, including heading national and regional Task Forces and engaging in public outreach and meetings with the private sector and international and governmental agencies. I have been described by the Government of Canada and others as the \u201cforemost labour law expert in Labour Law in the region\u201d, as the \u201cleading\u201d expert in the region in Offshore Financial Law, Labour Law and Rights and the law on HIV; an eminent human rights advocate and by CARICOM and others as a \u201cchange agent\u201d. <\/em>\r\n\r\nLegal Advice on COVID-19 Vaccination and Labour Law Policy \u2013 OECS Heads of Government; CARICOM, Chamber of Commerce Trinidad and Tobago; Antigua & Barbuda Employers, Manufacturers\u2019 Association T&T, OCBA, etc. \u2013 2021\r\n\r\nIndigenous and Tribal Peoples\u2019 Rights and Access to Justice in Six Caribbean Countries, <\/em>Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening Project, Canada Aid \u2013 2021\r\n\r\nUN ECLAC Expert to the UN Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (<\/em>Escaz\u00fa Agreement) Implementation Guide <\/em>\u2013 2021\r\n\r\nReport on PADF Consultant on Migrants and the Law in Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 (150 pages) \u2013 2020\r\n\r\nFacilitator \u2013 \u2018Regional Consultation\u00a0on the Role of Parliamentarians in Building More Inclusive Societies;\u201d Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Parliament of Saint Lucia \u2013 2020\r\n\r\nDelegate to the UN CND to lobby for reform of the international treaty which currently criminalises cannabis \u2013 2019\r\n\r\nSole Expert Witness on Finance Tax Matters \u2013 Government of Canada Revenue \/ Justice Departments \u2013 2016\u20132018\r\n\r\nChair \/ Legal Consultant - CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana (see above) \u2013 2014\u20132019\r\n\r\nConsultant to the Government of The Bahamas on Labour Law Reform, Drafted the Employment (Amendment) Act 2017 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2017 \u2013 2016\u20132017\r\n\r\nProviding advice on labour law to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago independently and also as part of the Select Tripartite Working Group on the Reform of Labour Law appointed by the state and Industrial Relations Advisory Committee \u2013 2016\u2013present\r\n\r\nSpecialist Training on Discrimination Law and International Avenues for Redress to the Equal Opportunities Commission, Trinidad and Tobago (pro bono) \u2013 24 October 2016\r\n\r\nUNDP Legal Expert for HIV National Training for Guyana \u2013 October 2016\r\n\r\nExpert Witness \u2013 High Court of Jamaica on LGBTI issues in the Brendan Bain Case <\/em>\u2013 2015\r\n\r\nPanCap Consultant \u2013 Review of HIV Model Bill \u2013 2014\r\n\r\nConsultant \u2013 The Development of a Framework for the Harmonised Labour Laws within the OECS Economic Union \u2013 2014\r\n\r\nSole Consultant to Government of Dominica \u2013 Police Law Reform Project \u2013 Managed a project to amend the legislation, policy and administrative practice of the Police Service. This involved chairing meetings with the Commissioner of Police and senior police officers, Ministers of Government, senior public servants and the Police Service Commission \u2013 2012\u20132013\r\n\r\nAdvised Ministers of Health through the Main Presentation on Health, HIV & Law to the CARICOM Ministers of Health Meeting, a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), May 2012.\r\n\r\nConsultant for the Government of Montserrat to train public officers on Administrative Law and Public Service law \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nPANCAP Consultant \u2013 Formulated a Report on HIV and Migration in Trinidad and Tobago \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted the Public Service Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention of) Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted the Trust Law Amendment Act for the UK for Overseas Territories (TCI) \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted Juvenile legislation (Children Ordinance and amended the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance) for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nManaged the HIV and Migration in the Caribbean Project for EPOS, Germany and PANCAP, supervising regional consultants and meeting with government Ministers and officials in Suriname, St Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted Amendments to the Education Ordinance for the UK Overseas Territories \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention of) Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2012\r\n\r\nDrafted a new Employment Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2011\r\n\r\nDrafted a Health Regulation and Health Professions Ordinance for the Turks and Caicos \u2013 2011\r\n\r\nTeam Leader for Caribbean Experts \u2013 \u2018Creating a Legal Framework for Migrant Workers and HIV\u2019, PanCap \u2013 2011\r\n\r\nLegal Expert on the OAS Committee on Race Relations, Washington, USA \u2013 2011\r\n\r\nPrepared a Response to the OECD Peer Assessment of the Turks and Caicos International Financial Sector and its conformity with the OECD Model Tax Information Exchange Agreement on behalf of the Government and drafted legislative amendments (36 pages) \u2013 2011\r\n\r\nAs OAS consultant, conducted a national workshop to discuss a National Action Plan against Corruption in Trinidad and Tobago in accordance with the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC)\u2019 \u2013 2010\r\n\r\nPrepared Draft Immigration (Amendment) legislation for the TCI \u2013 2010\r\n\r\nSelected as International<\/strong>
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Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the St Augustine Campus, University of the West Indies and Professor of Labour Law and Offshore Financial Law, is an attorney, Oxford and Cambridge Scholar, Cambridge Fellow and award-winning, internationally recognised author whose career embodies excellence in research combined with an outstanding record of transformational public service and leadership in the region and beyond. Accordingly, she has earned an international reputation as a leading scholar, versatile international consultant and human rights and development activist. Her scholarship has been acknowledged not only for its quality and depth but its diversity, creativity, humanity and breadth.<\/p>\n