Belmopan, April 21 (EFE-RHC)-- The Caribbean Court of Justice, or CCJ, began itinerant sessions in Belize on Monday for the first time to ensure that it was “accessible to the people of the Caribbean Community, which it serves.”

Sessions will be held up to Thursday in Courtroom 1, Supreme Court of Belize, the CCJ said in a statement.

The CCJ will hear appellate jurisdiction cases from Guyana and Belize, including the case of The Maya Leaders Alliance et al. v. the Attorney General of Belize. The Trinidad-based court held sessions in Barbados in April 2012; Jamaica and Barbados in March 2013; and Guyana in February 2014.

Twelve of the 15 Caribbean Community members are signatories of the CCJ: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.