About the author

• Author: Sheldon McDonald
• Profession: International lawyer specializing in the fields of public international law, regional integration law, law of the sea, international trade law, law of international organizations and human rights law
• Pages: 5-5

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sheldon McDonald is currently Project Coordinator of the Caribbean Court

of Justice Preparatory Committee, CARICOM Secretariat. He was formerly

Caribbean Community Lead Negotiator, Negotiating Group on Dispute

Settlement, Free Trade of the Americas and is Deputy Permanent

Representative of Jamaica to the International Seabed Authority. Prior to joining

CARICOM he held a series of senior advisory posts and served as Special

Adviser to the Attorney General of Jamaica and also to the Minister of Foreign

Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. He has also served as a member of several

Jamaican Delegations at International meetings and in negotiating a wide

range of Bilateral treaties. Mr. McDonald’s expertise in Law of the Sea and

related issues is acknowledged nationally, regionally and internationally as is

his expertise in International Dispute Resolution and International Trade Law

(including the GATT, Competition Law, Investment, Intellectual Property

and Services), the Law of International Institutions, International Human

Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law and State and Organizational

Immunities. He has also written widely in these areas.