The COMESA Court of Justice was one of the judicial institutions in the region that participated in a judicial transformation programme through digitization led by the Strathmore Law School of Kenya and global technology policy experts Access Partnership. The project aims to enhance the use of technology to transform the delivery of, and access…
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The COMESA Court of Justice Rules Committee met in Nairobi, Kenya from 16-20 March, 2018 to review the Court’s Arbitration Rules (2003). The need for review has been necessitated by the fact that the Court’s Arbitration Rules (2003) needed to be updated to capture modern best practices in international Arbitration. There was also the need…
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A former Judge of the COMESA Court of Justice Dr Justice Adrien Nyankiye, who passed away on 13 February 2018 will be buried Tuesday, 20 February 2018 in his home country, Burundi. Justice Nyankiye was one of the pioneer Judges of the Court from 1998 to 2004. Later, in 2005, when the Court was split…
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Organs of COMESA. The Court is comprised of two Divisions; the Appellate Division and the First Instance Division. The Court is composed of twelve Judges five of whom constitute the Appellate Division and seven constitute the First Instance Division. The Court’s primary function is to uphold the rule of law in the enforcement of the…
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