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Both Criminal and Civil appeals are made to the Supreme Court before moving to an appeals court. [2] [3] Thus, in Guyana the court hierarchy is a magistrate's court, the Supreme Court, and then the Appeals Court.The Supreme Court's hierarchy is a chancellor as the president of the court, assisted by a chief justice, with additional advisory ...
The Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, also known as Esequibo or Guayana Esequiba in Spanish (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaˈʝana eseˈkiβa] ⓘ), [1] a 159,500 km 2 (61,600 sq mi) area west of the Essequibo River.
The highest judicial body is the Court of Appeal, headed by a chancellor of the judiciary. The second level is the High Court, presided over by Chief Justice of Guyana. The chancellor and the chief justice are appointed by the president. The Audit Office of Guyana (AOG) is the country's Supreme Audit Institution (SAI).
The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to ...
At urgent hearings in November, lawyers for Guyana said the referendum was designed to prepare for a land-grab by Venezuela. "This is a textbook example of annexation,” Paul Reichler, an ...
The High Court consists of the Chief Justice as President of the Court supported by several Puisne Judges. There is a right of appeal from the Supreme Court to the Guyana Court of Appeal, which was established in 1966 and consists of the Chancellor as President of the Court assisted by the Chief Justice and several Justices of Appeal.
Representatives of both Venezuela and Guyana asked in a hearing held at the ICJ in mid-November 2023 that the Court recognise their sovereignty over the Essequibo. Guyana also requested that the referendum be repealed, alleging that Venezuela intended to annex the territory, a request that the Venezuelan government rejected. [38]
The Ministry of Legal Affairs and Attorney General's Chambers ensures that proper legal services are provided to the Government of Guyana, as well as statutory services to the public. The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs is the head of the chambers. [ 1 ]