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On June 19, 2020, the House of Assembly passed a Bill to amend the Public Health Act. The effect of the amendment is that the Minister of Health now has the power to declare a “Public Health Emergency” if she is satisfied that a communicable disease ...

Bermuda is a small place, and I think that we all have cabin fever. But if one is discouraged from speaking freely because of how small the population is, and how we all know one another, can one still argue that we have free speech? It is difficult ...

Freedom of the press is so vital to US society that this occupation is the only one expressly safeguarded by name in the First Amendment to the Constitution: “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Without a...

A leaflet on Bermuda’s Constitution has been released for the public by the Centre for Justice. Next month, the Centre plans to assess the public’s awareness of the Constitution through a phone and internet survey. It follows a conference last month ...

David Burt urged against a culture of fear as he claimed the time is right to consider constitutional change. The Premier kicked off a conference on the Bermuda Constitution of 1968 today by calling for debate on the set of principles many have claim...

The Bermuda Constitution of 1968 was crafted to “maintain the status quo”, even as it advanced voters’ rights, a visiting academic has said. Nicola Barker, an expert on human rights and constitutional law, is among the speakers at a conference on the...

It has been a while, Mr Editor, 50 years to the month in fact that the Bermuda Constitution Order came into effect. The first point is that it is a Constitution Order, not a Constitution, and the point here is that it is a statutory instrument of the...

The Centre for Justice is to host a conference to reflect on the history and future of the Constitution. A spokeswoman for the centre said democracy, fundamental rights and justice will be up for discussion at the event to mark the Constitution’s 50t...

It’s the year of the 50th anniversary of our constitution. Wow. What a celebration; the silence is almost palpable. Like a kite on Good Friday when there is no wind or, worse, like a tradition that has died, there is no noise waking you in the mornin...

The 50th anniversary of Bermuda’s first General Election under universal adult suffrage will be marked next Tuesday. Students at Sandys Secondary Middle School got an early start yesterday with a celebration of the political and social milestone — an...

Why do we need a Human Rights Act when we already have a Constitution? In a Letter to the Editor published on December 19, Mr Khalid Wasi commented on the recent ruling of the Chief Justice, in the “Bermuda Bred” case concerning the grant of work per...

Dear Sir, Following up on my previous letter of December 10, titled “Leave notion of marriage to society”, where I made the point that Chief Justice Ian Kawaley’s ruling could give one the impression that persons’ rights as asserted by the Human Righ...