The Caribbean Cen­tre for Hu­man Rights (CCHR) has an­nounced the ap­point­ment of Shel­don Sookram as its Le­gal Of­fi­cer for Strate­gic Lit­i­ga­tion, a key role with­in the or­gan­i­sa­tion.

In a state­ment on Thurs­day, CCHR said the sig­nif­i­cant ad­di­tion

to its team is made pos­si­ble through the sup­port of the Unit­ed Na­tions High Com­mis­sion­er of RefugeesC­CHR (UN­HCR) and Open So­ci­ety Foun­da­tion (OSF).

Sookram will lead ef­forts to ad­vance im­pact­ful hu­man rights lit­i­ga­tion and ad­vo­ca­cy across the Caribbean re­gion.

Sookram brings a ro­bust le­gal back­ground with ex­ten­sive ex­pe­ri­ence in pub­lic law, con­sti­tu­tion­al law, and ju­di­cial re­view. Sookram has suc­cess­ful­ly han­dled mat­ters in­volv­ing work­ers’ rights, per­son­al in­jury, false im­pris­on­ment, ma­li­cious pros­e­cu­tion, and more.

His work has spanned draft­ing plead­ings, wit­ness state­ments, le­gal opin­ions, and court ad­vo­ca­cy.

CCHR’s Ex­ec­u­tive Di­rec­tor, Mary Jo Mars­den, said, "Shel­don’s ap­point­ment marks a sig­nif­i­cant step for­ward for the Caribbean Cen­tre for Hu­man Rights. His ex­per­tise in strate­gic lit­i­ga­tion will be crit­i­cal in ad­dress­ing sys­temic hu­man rights vi­o­la­tions and en­sur­ing greater ac­count­abil­i­ty across the re­gion.

Shel­don has demon­strat­ed an un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to jus­tice, and we are thrilled to have him on board."