Latest Commentaries
Saturday 13 June 2026
All of Sir Ronald's commentaries up to June 12, 2026 can be read in the "Commentaries" section of this website. The most recent one is entitled, "Why the Commonwealth matters again".
As international tensions deepen, economic coercion becomes more common, and long-established assumptions about sovereignty and international law are increasingly challenged, countries of all sizes are being forced to rethink how they protect their interests.
For small states, this is not a new concern. For medium-sized nations, however, it is becoming a pressing reality.
In this commentary, I argue that the Commonwealth may be more relevant today than at any time in recent decades. Far from being merely a historical association, it offers a practical platform through which countries can build partnerships, strengthen their voice, defend sovereign equality, and help preserve a rules-based international order in an increasingly uncertain world.
With the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Antigua and Barbuda this November, the question is not whether the Commonwealth still matters, but whether its members are prepared to make it matter again.
See the entire commentary in the commentaries section.
Latest Videos
Friday 5 June 2026
New Video
On 3 June 2026, Sir Ronald Sanders told a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) of Antigua and Barbuda's decision to adopt Spanish as the country's second official language. See video below:
www.youtube.com/v/vCTB7FQKBec/
Latest Video 2
Sir Ronald Supports Canada for OAS Development on 06 May 2026
https://www.youtube.com/v/LSbmtj19u2g
Latest Video 3
Sir Ronald tells OAS Haiti needs Partical Support on 06 May 2026
www.youtube.com/v/NTXPjWuwIcA&t=3s
Latest Video 4
SIr Ronald call for release of political prisoners in Venezuela on 06 May 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBa6isW3Zc
Latest Video 5
On 22 November 2025, the University of Guyana awarded Sir Ronald Sanders the Degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa). This was his acceptance speech to the graduands:
www.youtube.com/v/CoAu7jlF0xY
Latest video 6
The 2025 OCCBA Lecture on "Has the rule of law been replaced by Might Is Right"? 25 November, 2025.
In this powerful 2025 Distinguished Lecture for the Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations, Sir Ronald Sanders examines the future of sovereignty, justice, and small-state survival in an increasingly coercive world.
Delivered at the University of Guyana to a hybrid audience of more than 600, and dedicated to Caribbean statesman Sir Shridath Ramphal, the lecture explores how international law can still restrain power and protect the vulnerable — if nations choose to uphold it.
It is a challenge to all who believe justice still matters in a world drifting toward raw power.
www.youtube.com/v/2SDvIje0bxQ