On Thursday 18th November , from 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. AST, the CAJO hosted the fifth session of its 2021 programming, and Part II of its virtual conference. Social Media and Caribbean Courts: Risk or Opportunity? featured presentations by Mses Tatiana Veress and Cristina San Juan Serrano of the UNODC’s Global Judicial Integrity Network, Judge Cristi Danilet, PhD, of the Romanian Judiciary, and Ms Semone Moore of the CCJ’s Public Education and Protocol Unit. The webinar sought to explore the risks and opportunities that social media has for judicial officers and judicial institutions in the Caribbean, and will offer both philosophical and practical explorations.

The session also included the use of breakout rooms in which participants explored a case study on the use of social media and engaged in discussion once returned to plenary.

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