The United States Embassy thanks the Government of Guyana, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Guyana Police Force for their commitment and determination in maintaining the rule of law and ensuring foreign fugitives do not seek or find refuge in Guyana to avoid prosecution.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 15 May, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice, Security
Asset recovery legislative frameworks are critical to taking the profit from crime. While we understand the challenge of reform, we encourage counterparts to update existing legislation to give judicial officers the best possible framework through which to adjudicate these cases.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 27 March, 2023 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: Criminal Justice
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Downing and Ms. Barrett encouraged Guyana’s accession to the Budapest Convention, or the Convention on Cybercrime, which would offer additional resources to strengthen domestic capacity for law enforcement responses when combatting cybercrime. This crucial step will help Guyana combat cyber threats as it undergoes a major economic transformation.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 20 March, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice
Guiding our provision of security training and assistance in Guyana is a commitment to human rights. Through this project with the GPF, we hope to see a decrease in the number of harmful encounters with marginalized and vulnerable groups, such as youth; women; and migrants; and improve the GPF’s ability to interact with these groups ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 31 January, 2023 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: Criminal Justice, INL
This is the fourth extradition of U.S. fugitives from Guyana to the United States in the last 25-years. The extradition of the two fugitives strengthens the rule of law in Guyana and reflects the strong professional law enforcement and judicial cooperation between the United States and the Government of Guyana.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 2 March, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice, Security
This training was the second in a series of trainings for Guyana’s criminal justice sector, following a January 25 training on the same topic for over 150 members of the GPF and the Guyana Prison Service.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 25 February, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice, Human Rights, INL, Security
Colonel Jerrick’s education was funded through the U.S. Government’s International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. IMET trains military students throughout the world and builds alliances for the future. In 2021, IMET funded education for 32 members of the Guyana Defence Force and two members of the Government of Guyana, totally $539K USD. The investment ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 22 January, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice, Security
The Project’s two key objectives are first, to improve investigation, case preparation, and trial advocacy of major crimes, and encourage media and public support for justice system reform, and secondly, to build the capacity of criminal justice actors in the use of forensic video evidence.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 26 February, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice, INL
CariSECURE is one component of our broader Youth Empowerment Services project, which seeks to reduce youth involvement in crime and violence. Today, the Guyana Police Force is making a significant stride closer to that goal.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 18 July, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Criminal Justice, U.S. Guyana Bilateral Relations, USAID
I am heartened to acknowledge Guyana’s increasing efforts at tackling issues around drug abuse, incarceration, and related changes to the justice sector. I am pleased to reiterate that the United States Government also remains committed to these efforts through programming support from the U.S. State Department’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INL).
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 27 February, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: CBSI, Criminal Justice, INL
Guyanese youth who are at risk of involvement in crime and violence will receive greater support and more opportunities for alternative pathways thanks to a recent re-commitment made by the Government of Guyana and the United States Government. Christopher Cushing, the Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Mission Director for the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 11 May, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CBSI, Criminal Justice, USAID, Youth
As part of a larger goal of creating a safer, more prosperous Caribbean Community, efforts are underway to ensure that at-risk Guyanese youth receive maximum benefits from the United States Agency for International Development’s new Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Project. On Thursday, March 16, USAID’s General Development Office Director, Ted Lawrence, and Guyana’s Attorney General, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 March, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Criminal Justice, Youth
Good Morning, I’m honored to be here on behalf of the U.S. Embassy and the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to conclude a project which was started a year ago. My government holds dear the right of citizen’s access to justice, and respect for the rule of law. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 19 January, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, Government Offices, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Criminal Justice, Democracy and Governance, Education, Government of Guyana
Ambassador Perry Holloway this morning turned over 56 law books valued at more than US$25,000 to the Honorable Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh. The donation complements the U.S. Embassy’s ongoing project “Strengthening the Criminal Justice System in Guyana,” launched in September 2016, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement within ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 19 January, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Government Offices, News, Press Releases | Tags: Criminal Justice, Democracy and Governance, Education, Government of Guyana
