AG: Delivery of justice in Trinidad and Tobago improving

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AG: Delivery of justice in Trinidad and Tobago improving

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. ATTORNEY General Faris Al-Rawi said collaboration between Government and the Judiciary has significantly improved the delivery of justice in Trinidad and Tobago, and will continue to do so. Al-Rawi made this comment during a the virtual 39th session of the UN's Universal Periodic Review Working Group's review of human rights in TT. 'In the last five years, we spent a great deal of effort in ensuring…the […]

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