Legal Affairs
Structure
The OLC provides a unified central legal service for the AU including all its organs and institut
Activities
The oral hearings planned by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) have been concluded at the Sea
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.
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)
The African Union Commission (Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the Centre for the Study of Vi
The 20th Ordinary Session of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) kicked off at the AU Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Republic of Uganda became the eighteenth (18th) African Union (AU) member state to deposit the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) at the AU Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Republic of Uganda ratified the Treaty on the 11 November 2021 in Kampala, Uganda.
The 9th Forum of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) under the theme “International Law, Business Law and Human Rights in Africa”
Celebration of 40 Years of Africa’s Contribution to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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
Launch of the Revamped African Union Treaties Webpage
Eighteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 18-29 Novembre 2019
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A. ESTABLISHMENT
The AUCIL Members current composition is as follows:
The African Union Commission (AUC) envisions “an integrated continent that is politically united based on the ideals of Pan Africanism an
Highlights of the cooperation with the GIZ-project “Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement”
Violent extremism is a global issue.
A. ESTABLISHMENT