IBA Annual Conference Miami 2022
30 Oct - 4 Nov 2022
Room 229 A, Level 2
Session information
Conflicts between regional courts and national courts/governments
Thursday 3 November (1115 - 1230)
Room 229 A, Level 2
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Committee(s)
African Regional Forum
(Lead)
Description
HumanRightsConflicts between regional courts and national courts/governments (eg the recent Alex Saab extradition case involving Cape Verde and the ECOWAS court) and government failures to comply with the judgements of regional courts like the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the (now neutered) SADC Tribunal – this has potential implications for the AfCFTA.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Babatunde Ajibade SAN | SPA Ajibade & Co, Lagos, Nigeria; Co-Chair, African Regional Forum |
Speakers
| Femi Falana SAN | Falana & Falana's Chambers, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Professor Ernest Kofi Abotsi | UPSA Law School/Axis Legal, Accra, Ghana |
| Pheona Wall SC | Nabasa and Co , Kampala, Uganda; President / Chairperson, Uganda Law Society |