St. Kitts and Nevis was elected by Commonwealth Law Ministers to represent the Caribbean and the Americas on the Commonwealth Law Ministers Action Group.

The opportunity according to Attorney General Garth Wilkin, will allow allows the nation to have a loud international voice in reviewing progress and advising the Commonwealth Secretariat on key Rule of Law and Equal Access to Justice strategies throughout the Commonwealth’s 56 member countries.

St Kitts & Nevis will now be at the table in promoting member countries’ realization of their United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 targets.

The country shares the honour with eight (8) other nations namely Jamaica, Tanzania, Namibia, Samoa, Malaysia, Malta, Samoa and Mauritius.