How extraordinary

On Monday, an Ordinary Court-Martial will convene at St. Ann's Fort in Barbados to try a member of the Barbados Defence Force. The Defence Act 1979 follows the old British model and, if the country were subject to the European Court of Human Rights, the system would unquestionably be found "non-compliant." 

Will Private Raheem Reeves's attorney challenge the procedures, setting the stage for appellate review by the Court of Appeal and the Caribbean Court of Justice? Barbados is a party to the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, so an individual complaint could also be submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee.

Jamaica's military justice system is also non-compliant. The Privy Council still has jurisdiction over appeals from Jamaica.