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The OLC provides a unified central legal service for the AU including all its organs and institut

Activities

March 11, 2024

The African Union (AU) through the Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC)  accomplished a significant  milestone in the global fight against climate change by completing an instrumental capacity-building write-shop for AU Member States, focused on the advisory proceedings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding States' obligations concerning climate change

February 28, 2024

On February 26, 2024, the African Union (AU) intervened before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in proceedings lodged by the United Nations General Assembly requesting the Court to opine on the legal status of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, and the legal consequences resulting from this legal status.

February 12, 2024

The African Union Administrative Tribunal (AUAT) swore in three new Members  to serve a four-year term in the independent body entrusted with providing internal justice mechanism to staff members of the African Union.

September 25, 2023

The oral hearings planned by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) have been concluded at the Sea

June 07, 2023

The Republic of South Sudan has deposited instruments of ratification to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, known as the Maputo Protocol, becoming the 44th Member State of the African Union (AU) to ratify the Treaty.

March 14, 2023

AU WORKSHOP TO REVIEW OUTCOMES OF THE FIFTH ROUND OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS (IGC5-BBNJ) AND TO COORDINATE FINAL POSITIONS FOR THE RESUMED IGC5 (18–19 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK, USA)

May 15, 2023 to May 16, 2023

The 9th Forum of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) under the theme “International Law, Business Law and Human Rights in Africa”

December 16, 2022

Celebration of 40 Years of Africa’s Contribution to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

May 13, 2022

Convened in terms of Article 64 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, read together with Rules 27 and 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the ACHPR, 2020

 

 

March 21, 2022 to April 01, 2022
February 07, 2020

Launch of the Revamped African Union Treaties Webpage

November 18, 2019 to November 29, 2019

Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 18-29 Novembre 2019

May 20, 2024 to May 21, 2024

Concept Note

Department Resources

September 19, 2020

The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an

June 24, 2020

Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”

June 24, 2020

Violent extremism is a global issue.