ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 11, 2015/APO (African Press Organization)/ —
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: 12th- 14th November 2015
Where: New African Union Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Medium Conference Hall)
Time: 9:30 AM
Who: Organized by the Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union
Commission
Objective: To consider the legal instruments of the Union that have been adopted by the other STCs and submit them to the policy organs for approval in conformity with the decisions and practices of the policy organs of the Union that all legal instruments must be considered by the STC on Justice and Legal Affairs before they are considered by the Executive Council and the Assembly respectively.
Participants: Ministers of Justice/ Attorneys General and Ministers
Responsible for issues of Human Rights, Constitutionalism and
Rule of Law
Background:
The Specialized Technical Committees (STCs), which constitute an important technical organ of the African Union (AU), were established under Article 25 of the African Economic Community Treaty (the Abuja Treaty).With the transformation of the OAU into the AU, the STCs were carried over by the Constitutive Act of the African Union under Articles 14 to 16.
The Commission through the Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC) convened the First Session of the STC on Justice and Legal Affairs from 6 -16 May 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the First Session, the STC was able to adopt its Rules of Procedure and other legal instruments of the African Union, namely, the African Union Convention on Cross-border Cooperation (Niamey Convention); and the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralization, among others. The Rules of Procedure for the STC of Justice and Legal Affairs and the legal instruments were adopted by the Executive Council and the Assembly respectively in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in June 2014.
JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 9 :30 AM.
