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Southern African Development Community Tribunal
Henok Birhanu Asmelash
- Subject(s):
- Exhaustion of local remedies — Legality and legitimacy of tribunals — Advisory opinions — Appeals — Judgments — Recognition and enforcement
Published under the direction of Hélène Ruiz Fabri, with the support of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution, under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law.
1 The Southern African Development Community Tribunal (‘SADC Tribunal’ or ‘Tribunal’) is one of the major sub-regional courts established by African countries over the past few decades. It was established pursuant to Article 9 (1) Treaty of the Southern African Development Community (‘SADC Treaty’) together with five other original institutions of the Southern African Development Community (‘SADC’) to spearhead regional cooperation and integration in Southern Africa. As set out in Article 16 (1) SADC Treaty, the main purpose of the SADC Tribunal is ‘to ensure...