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  • Event
    Press Briefing: Mr. Mourad Ben Dhiab, Secretary General of the AUC
    January 24, 2018

    INVITATION TO THE MEDIA

    PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE AUC

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    The Sixth Forum of the African Union Commission on International Law on the Theme: “The Legal, Political and Socio-...
    December 04, 2017 to December 05, 2017

    I. INTRODUCTION

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    المنتدى السادس للإتحاد الأفريقي حول القانون الدولي وقانون الإتحاد الأفريقي
    December 01, 2017 to December 12, 2017
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    Treaty Promotion Workshop
    November 15, 2017

    MEDIA ADVISORY

    TREATY PROMOTION WORKSHOP

    INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

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    A Seminar on Carrying Forward the Legacy of the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Trial of Hissène Habré
    July 03, 2017 to July 04, 2017

    MEDIA ADVISORY

    WHAT: A Seminar on Carrying Forward the Legacy of the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Trial of Hissène Habré

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    5th Forum of the African Union Commission on International Law
    December 05, 2016 to December 06, 2016
  • Event
    Fifth Forum on International Law and African Union Law
    December 05, 2016 to December 06, 2016

    The theme for the Fifth Edition of the AUCIL forum was: “the role of Africa in developing International law”.

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    Celebration of the African Day of the Seas and Oceans
    July 25, 2016

    MEDIA ADVISORY

    CELEBRATION OF THE AFRICAN DAY OF THE SEAS AND OCEANS

    INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

    When: 25 July, 2016

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    Consultative Meeting on the Implementation of the AU Transitional Justice Policy Framework as part of the Action Plan...
    December 16, 2015 to December 18, 2015

    What:
    Expert Consultation on African Transitional Justice Policy Framework, African Union Project 2016, And Human Rights and Transitional Justice Cluster’s Meeting;

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    Ministerial Meeting of the Second Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justi
    November 12, 2015

    Ministerial Meeting of the Second Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs Convenes at the AUC
    Go to attachments

    PRESS RELEASE Nº335/2015

  • Event
    African Court on Human And Peoples’ Rights Begins 39th Ordinary Session In Aru
    November 09, 2015 to November 20, 2015

    PRESS RELEASE

    AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS BEGINS 39TH ORDINARY SESSION IN ARUSHA 9-20 NOVEMBER

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    The 2nd session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs
    November 04, 2015

    The 2nd session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2nd November 2015: The meeting of legal experts of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs commenced on 2nd November 2015 at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
    The STC experts’ session will consider draft legal instruments in order to verify their legality for adoption by the policy organs of the Union. This second session is taking place as continuation within the framework of the operationalization of the Specialized Technical Committees of the African Union in accordance with various Decisions of the Policy Organs of the Union that took place in May 2014.

    Addressing the opening, Prof. Vincent O. Nmehielle, the Legal Counsel and Director for Legal Affairs of the African Union Commission urged the delegates to reflect on ways to make the Union more functional by narrowing down discussions on issues such as the institutionalization of a Pan African Arbitration mechanism which should be designed to bring about an African imprint on alternative dispute resolution.

    In the same vein he called upon delegates to put under consideration what can be done to establish a continental Court of Arbitration in Africa
    “The continent currently lacks an active body for resolution of disputes which drives Member states to look to institutions outside the continent for the resolution of their arbitral disputes” reaffirmed Professor. Nmehielle.
    Mr. Nkurayija Jean Marie Vianney, General Rapporteur, recalled some of the decisions and recommendations made by the members of the Bureau during the Bureau meeting in preparation for the Experts’ Meeting. Among other recommendations, he called upon the Office of the Legal Counsel to come up with a Guideline on legislative drafting within the AU.

    The STCs, which are technical organs of the Union, were established under Article 25 of the African Economic Community Treaty (the Abuja Treaty). With the transformation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) into the African Union Commission (AUC), the STCs were carried over by the Constitutive Act of the African Union under Articles 14 to 16.

    The government legal experts will examine draft legal instruments and prepare them for the Ministerial session expected to begin on 11 November 2015. The outcome of the STC meeting will be submitted to the forthcoming session of AU Policy Organs to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2016.
    HBS/BM/AMT

    For further information contact:
    Mrs. Chinonyelum Esther Uwazie Tel: +251-11-5517700, E-mail: UwazieC@africa-union.org Legal Officer, Office of Legal Counsel | African Union Commission
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