Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States
Cour de Justice de la Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (French) Tribunal de Justiça da Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental (Portuguese)
Established
2001
Location
Abuja, Nigeria
Judge term length
4 years
Number of positions
5
Website
www.courtecowas.org
President
Currently
Edward Amoako Asante
Vice-President
Currently
Gberi-bè Ouattara
Dean
Currently
Dupe Atoki
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice is an organ of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional integration community of 15 member states in Western Africa. It was created pursuant to the provisions of Articles 6 and 15 of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).[1]
Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Although ECOWAS was founded in 1975 by the Treaty of Lagos (ECOWAS Treaty), the Court of Justice was not created until...
the ECOWAS lawyer pointed out that the Nigerien government is not recognized by ECOWAS and therefore does not have the power to ask the regional court for...
decision, arguing that ECOWASCourt lacks the jurisdiction to force Cape Verde to take decisions. Cape Verde also asked the ECOWASCourt to rescind the decision...
permanent institutions but exclude any courts arising purely under national authority. An international court is an international organization, or a body...
petition with the Supreme Court of the Gambia to contest the result. The court began hearing the case on 21 December. ECOWAS warned on 23 December that...
government to the ECOWASCourt, claiming the government denied her access to the bank accounts of her deceased husband. In 2019, the court ruled in favor...
by the African Union and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS told the plotters to free Bazoum immediately. Bazoum was later deposed...
The ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia or the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (abbreviated ECOMIG) – initially code-named Operation Restore Democracy...
largely being limited. The ECOWAScourt found on 27 October 2008 that neither argument was sufficient and ruled for Mani. ECOWAS rejected the domestic exhaustion...
courts defended criminal defamation's place in their constitution [sic]. Regional courts pressured countries to decriminalize defamation. The ECOWAS Court...
Independent newspaper, was awarded US$200,000 by the ECOWASCourt in Abuja, Nigeria. The court found the Government of The Gambia guilty of torture while...
Change. His removal from office by President Koroma was challenged at the ECOWASCourt, which in November 2017 ruled that the removal of Sumana was illegal...
landmark case in 2008, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice found the government of Niger responsible for continuing...
Georgina Theodora Wood in November 2012. He has presided in cases of the ECOWAScourt. Benin was born on 4 January 1950 at Kumasi. He had his secondary education...
January 2014 by the Special Criminal Court in Banjul. He however sued the Gambian government to the ECOWAScourt which ruled The Gambia to pay $200,000...
Republic of Nigeria (suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria) ECOWASCourt Dismisses N84 Billion Suit Against the Federal Govt Served as Principal...
2017 Togo Internet shutdown case alongside Amnesty International. The ECOWASCourt ruled that Togo, by shutting down the Internet in 2017, violated the...
Nigerien crisis July 30: West African regional bloc ECOWAS announces a no-fly zone over Niger. ECOWAS threatens to "take all measures necessary", including...
announced it would appeal the decision both to the Court of Cassation and to the Court of Justice of ECOWAS. In the 2024 Senegalese presidential election,...
family filed a lawsuit against the government for negligence, and an ECOWAScourt ruled in favour of the family in 2014, awarding them $60,000 in damages...
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