2026-01-08

Any actor with proposal should break silence by January 12 to establish negotiation parameters and prevent compressed final-week decision making. CARICOM should exercise leadership role by convening emergency session to mediate between competing frameworks and resolve international splits. CPT should hold public session by January 15 addressing February 7 mandate status even if consensus has not been reached to demonstrate governance continuity. Civil society organizations should consolidate proposals and present unified framework to CPT by January 12 to strengthen engagement leverage. International community should assign senior mediator to facilitate CPT internal negotiations and break current deadlock before mid-January. Media monitoring should intensify tracking for any signals of backchannel negotiations that have not yet reached public domain. CONFIDENCE January 08, 2026 Moderate confidence based on partial institutional reporting.