Legal expert says Cayman needs bill of rights
According to a legal expert Professor Jeffrey Jowell who was hired in order to advise the Cayman Islands in drafting a new constitution, a bill of rights will be a necessary part of the revised constitution if Cayman wants it to be approved by the UK.
Professor Jeffrey Jowell is the UK’s representative on the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission. He said that it is needed to have a bill of rights as now the UK also has one and as very few countries in the world do not have it.
According to Mr. Jowell, UK officials expect to find some universal human rights issues in the Cayman Islands proposed constitution as some aspects of the European Commission on Human Rights are absolute in all bills of rights. He indicated that they generally include guarantees of certain civil and political rights, freedom of expression and association.