Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Caribbean Community
Type of Document: Treaties
International Organization: CARICOM
Year: 1990
Country: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago
The Protocol, adopted pursuant to Article 21 of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), extensively regulates the immunities granted to CARICOM and its agents.
The Community, its property and assets, wherever located, shall enjoy immunity from every form of legal process except insofar as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity (Article 2).
Officials of the Community and Experts on mission enjoy immunity from legal process in respect of words written and spoken and all acts done by them in the course of the performance of official duties (Articles 10 and 12). The Secretary General shall be accorded the immunities normally accorded to heads of diplomatic missions in accordance with international law (Article 11).
The Secretary General may waive the immunity of any person entitled to immunity in any case where, in his opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the interests of the Community (Article 14).