MEDIA ADVISORY
TREATY PROMOTION WORKSHOP
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Treaty Promotion Workshop on the sidelines of the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs
When: Wednesday 15 November 2017 from 9:00 a.m.
Where: Medium Conference Hall – AUC Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: The AU Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) (AUC)
Objective:
The workshop shall provide an overview of the status of OAU/AU treaties, in particular, their nature and statistics relating to the treaties. The session shall also explore the challenges encountered in the ratification of OAU/AU treaties.
The primary objective of the treaty promotion workshop is to drive increased ratification of OAU/AU treaties by Member States.
Expected Outcomes:
The workshop is expected to generate greater impetus among AU Member States given the pivotal role that Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General, Ministers in charge of Human Rights, Constitutional Affairs and the Rule of Law play towards ratification, domestication and implementation of legal obligations such as are contained in OAU/AU treaties.
Participants: Participants to the Treaty Promotion Workshop are mainly Member State representatives attending the STC Meeting of the Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General, Ministers in charge of Human Rights, Constitutional Affairs and the Rule of Law.. The media are also invited.
Journalists are invited to cover the event.
For inquiries please contacts:
i. Ms. Joan Obiero
Associate Legal Officer
Office of the Legal Counsel, AUC
Email: ObieroJ@africa-union.org
ii. Mr. Papa Diop
Documentalist
Office of the Legal Counsel, AUC
Email: DiopP@africa-union.org
For Media interviews please contact:
Mr. Gamal Ahmed Karrar, Directorate of Information and Communication, via E-mail: Gamalk@africa-union.org /
For further information:
Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@african-union.org I Website: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia
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