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According to the Constitution, the people of Belize: affirm that the Nation of Belize shall be founded upon principles which acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family ...
In 1840, the British Superintendent declared that English law extended over the Belize Settlement and that customary laws which were not in-line with English codes were revoked. [61] In 1854 a new constitution was drawn up in London using the form of a British West Indian Colony, but without formal recognition of the settlement as a colony.
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This is a list of the heads of state of Belize, from the independence of Belize in 1981 to the present day. From 1981 the head of state under the Constitution of Belize is the Monarch of Belize, currently King Charles III, who is also the monarch of the other Commonwealth realms. The King is represented in Belize by a governor-general.
Human rights in Belize have been described as "free" by Freedom House. Concerns include government corruption , high rates of violent crime , police brutality and human trafficking . [ 1 ] The United States Department of State has noted arbitrary killings, arbitrary arrests, inhuman and degrading treatment by security forces, poor treatment of ...
Orozco v Attorney General (2016) 90 WIR 161, also known as Orozco v AG, the Orozco case, or the UNIBAM case, was a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court of Belize, which held that a long-standing buggery statute breached constitutional rights to dignity, equality before the law, freedom of expression, privacy, and non-discrimination on grounds of sex, and which declared the statute null and ...
The 280-acre (113 hectare) island sits between Belize City and the Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, home to the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere and one of the world ...
Though he reached the ordinary retirement age of 65 in December 2006, Gonzalez continued to sit on the bench and hear cases. The Constitution of Belize allows a judge to continue serving until age 75 if he has been formally reappointed, but Gonzalez had never undertaken this step. This brought into question verdicts he had handed down in 38 ...