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COURT OF JUSTICE Of WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION (WAEMU) DECISION
COURT OF JUSTICE Of WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION (WAEMU) GRANTS STAY OF EXECUTION OF THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON MALI BY WAEMU CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT The WAEMU Court recently issued a decision regarding Mali on it’s Application for...
MESSAGE FROM PALU PRESIDENT
New Dates for the PALU Annual Conference and Triennial General Meeting Upon consultation with its Council and with several members, the PALU Executive Committee and Secretariat announce that the new dates of their 2022 Annual Conference will be Monday 27th to Thursday...
Consultation – Research paper on the Development of a Litigation strategy for the Restitution and Repatriation of African Artworks
Terms of Reference RESEARCH PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LITIGATION STRATEGY FOR THE RESTITUTION AND REPATRIATION OF AFRICAN ARTWORKS About the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) is the premier continental membership forum of and...
African Citizens’ Letter to the United Nations Secretary General On the risk of genocide in Ethiopia
In a collective letter to the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the United Nations, African citizens, human rights organizations and diaspora have called on the United Nations to urgently intervene in the escalating crisis in Ethiopia, of what they fear could lead...
African Citizens’ Letter on Sudan Situation
We stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan and we demand more resolute action from the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations (UN) We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are deeply...
AfCHPR – Issues Advisory Opinion on Holding Elections during COVID-19 Pandemic
The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), the continental body for lawyers and lawyers’ association, sought an Advisory Opinion at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights 3rd June 2020 to advise African states on how to properly carry out free and fair...
African Court Rules Vagrancy Laws Unlawful following Filing by PALU for Advisory Opinion
On 4 December 2020, the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights (the Court) rendered a landmark Advisory Opinion on the consonance of the Vagrancy Laws with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) and other relevant human rights...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) – CONSULTANCY SERVICES
Develop a Training Manual and Online Curriculum to Empower Young Advocates to Adopt Ethical and Corruption-Free Standards. The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) is the premier continental membership forum of and for individual African lawyers and lawyers’ associations...