Communique - Meeting of Law Ministers and Attorneys General of Small Commonwealth Jurisdictions

Law Ministers and Attorneys General of Small Commonwealth Jurisdictions met in Marlborough House, London, on 4 and 5 October 2007. The Meeting, which was attended by Law Ministers and Attorneys General from 25 jurisdictions, was opened by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Don McKinnon, who had held a breakfast meeting with Heads of Delegation before the start of the Meeting. The Secretary-General spoke of recent examples of legal and constitutional developments in small jurisdictions, the pressing concerns which faced Law Ministers in national and international legal contexts, and the resilience of small jurisdictions in facing many serious legal and economic challenges. He referred to the Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principles on the Accountability of and Relationship Between the Three Branches of Government and the importance of the independence of the judiciary as an essential element of the Rule of Law.

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