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Bench & Bar on Environmental Laws
posted (January 20, 2006)
The President of the Bar Association says that not enough is being done to enforce Belize's environmental laws. Michel Chebat made the comment at today's seventh annual Bench and Bar Summit. It's the annual gathering of the legal community where attorneys, magistrates, judges, and others in the legal fraternity come together to share thoughts on a pressing legal matter. This year it's the environment, and Chebat told us the laws are there but they're not being enforced.

Michel Chebat, President - Bar Association
"We believe that it is a very current topic. We have many environmental issues in Belize. It is timely and we believe that the public needs to be sensitized about the environment and attorneys and judges also need to be sensitized about the issues concerning environment. I think as a public we need to adhere to the laws concerning the environment and the use of the environment and I think what it should do is to send a clear message that these laws will be enforced so that the concern for the public is that they must abide by the rule of law."

Keith Swift,
As an attorney do you think those laws are being enforced?

Michel Chebat,
"I don't think they are being enforced to the extent that they ought to be."

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