A delegation from the French Guiana Bar Association yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams and free movement in the Guiana Shield was discussed.
The team was headed by Lucie Louze-Donzenac, and included the former President of the French Guiana Bar Association, Marcel Alex Leblanc as well as Jérémy Stanislas. They were accompanied by Travise Tracey-Lecante, Honorary Consul of Guyana in French Guiana.
According to press release from the Ministry of Legal Affairs (MoLA), the focus of the visit was the hosting of a seminar in October by the French Guiana Bar Association and is targeted at lawyers who reside in the Guiana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Amapa Brazil). The aim of the visit is to foster deeper relations between members of the bar of the various jurisdictions to find solutions to solve human rights issues that exist in the Guiana Shield. One of the human rights issues highlighted by the team was overcrowding in the prisons in French Guiana.
