CCJ New Ruling On Sexual Violence

Checkmate

Content Warning: This episode contains mention of rape and sexual assault.

In February of 2022, The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that a man can rape another man in Barbados. The finding from the Caribbean appellate court, which was the view of six members of the seven-judge panel, arose out of an appeal by the Barbados commissioner of police who had challenged a decision by a Barbadian magistrate who had dismissed a rape matter, claiming that a man could not rape another. The court, in allowing the appeal starting on the 9th of November 2021, ruled that the rape case against Stephen Alleyne, which was initially dismissed, is to be remitted to the magistrate’s court for a preliminary hearing. On this episode, we spoke to Jeniece St. Romain, an attorney at law from Antigua and Barbuda, where she gave a brief overview of the case, clear up many public confusions over the legal jargons used in the media when discussing the case as well as give her opinion on the ruling; and what this ruling means for countries where the CCJ is the highest ruling court and the Buggery Act is enforce.

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