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Cheryl Krusen
Cheryl Krusen (''née'' Cheryl Thompson) is a Caribbean lawyer. A dual national of Jamaica and Belize, she has served in legal positions in various countries for three decades. Career Krusen's earlier career took her through various positions both on the bench and before it, as crown counsel in the Office of the Director of Prosecutions of Belize, beginning in 1980 as a magistrate for Belize District and then Corozal District, deputy registrar of the Supreme Court of Jamaica; senior legal officer at the Port Authority of Jamaica, director of legal services at the National Housing Trust of Jamaica; legal adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives of Jamaica, and legal advisor to Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. From 2002 to 2008 she served with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, before returning to the Caribbean to take up a position as CARICOM's general counsel. In July 2011, Krusen was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiple Citizenship
Multiple/dual citizenship (or multiple/dual nationality) is a legal status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a national or citizen of more than one country under the laws of those countries. Conceptually, citizenship is focused on the internal political life of the country and nationality is a matter of international dealings. There is no international convention which determines the nationality or citizenship status of a person. This is defined exclusively by national laws, which can vary and conflict with each other. Multiple citizenship arises because different countries use different, and not necessarily mutually exclusive, criteria for citizenship. Colloquially, people may "hold" multiple citizenship but, technically, each nation makes a claim that a particular person is considered its national. A person holding multiple citizenship is, generally, entitled to the rights of citizenship in each country whose citizenship they are holding (such as right to a passpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belize Bar Association
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a water boundary with Honduras to the southeast. It has an area of and a population of 441,471 (2022). Its mainland is about long and wide. It is the least populated and least densely populated country in Central America. Its population growth rate of 1.87% per year (2018 estimate) is the second-highest in the region and one of the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Its capital is Belmopan, and its largest city is the namesake city of Belize City. Belize is often thought of as a Caribbean country in Central America because it has a history similar to that of English-speaking Caribbean nations. Indeed, Belize’s institutions and official language reflect its history as a British colony. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
