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COMESA Court of Justice attends the East African Law Society Annual Conference, 2024
The Honourable Registrar of the COMESA Court of Justice, Nyambura Mbatia, and Assistant Registrar, Asiimwe Anthony, are participating in the 29th East Africa Law Society (EALS) Annual Conference taking place[…]
Read more45th COMESA Policy Organs Meetings
The Judge President, Honourable Lady Justice Lombe Chibesakunda, is heading a delegation of the COMESA Court of Justice staff to attend the 45th COMESA Policy Organs Meetings which are taking[…]
Read moreThe COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General Elect New Judges of the COMESA Court of Justice
The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General, held on 21 November 2024 in Lusaka, Zambia has elected new Judges of the COMESA Court of Justice.[…]
Read moreResources
Here below you can get different resources of the COMESA Court of Justice
Rules of the Court, 2016
Arbitration Rules, 2018
Court User Manual
Different Court Forms
PROCUREMENT RULES, 2022
MTSP 2021 -2025
About Us
The COMESA Court of Justice is the judicial organ of COMESA. It was established in 1994 under Article 7 of the COMESA Treaty as the judicial organ of COMESA. The Court adjudicates and arbitrates on, among other matters, unfair trade practices, interpretation of Treaty (Protocols and other legislative acts) and ensures that Member States uniformly implement and comply with agreed decisions. Decisions of the Court on the interpretation of the provisions of the COMESA Treaty have precedence over decisions of national courts and are binding on all COMESA Member States. The Court provides certainty that COMESA is a rules-based institution, with rules that can be enforced through a court of law.
The COMESA Heads of State and Government (The Authority) which is the supreme policy organ of COMESA appointed the Judges of the Court during its 3rd Summit on 30 June 1998 at Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Judges all hold high judicial office in their own countries. In 2004 the Treaty was amended to expand the Court into two Divisions. The lower Division, known as the Court of First Instance has seven judges. The upper Division of the Court, which has five Judges, is called the Appellate Division.
COMESA Organs and Institutions
COMESA comprise of different Organs and Institutions
Institutions
African Trade Insurance AgencyCOMESA Clearing HouseCOMESA Competition CommissionAfrica Leather and Leather Products InstituteCOMESA Monetary InstituteCOMESA Regional Investment AgencyCOMESA Federation of Women in BusinessPTA Reinsurance Company (ZEP-RE)Trade and Development BankCOMESA Business Council
Contact Us
Evexia Commerial Complex, Church Road
P.O.Box: 37870, Lusaka, Zambia
Phone: +260 779176016
email: info@comesacourt.org