3 - The ECOWAS Court and the Politics of Access to Justice in West Africa
Afrique et développement,
Vol. 32 No 1 (2007): Afrique et développement
Résumé
Bien que la Cour de Justice Communautaire de la Cedeao ait été approuvée depuis 1991, elle n’a été mise en place qu’en 2001 – c’est-à-dire une décennie plus tard. Sa création fait suite aux dispositions des Articles 6 et 15 du Traité Révisé de la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest de 1993. En utilisant une méthode basée sur l’analyse du contenu, en plus des longs entretiens individuels avec le Président de la Cour, cette étude analyse l’émergence, la composition, la vision et la compétence/juridiction de la Cour. Ce papier examine les difficultés que la Cour a connues et continue de connaître. Celles-ci comprennent entre autres la logistique, l’absence de prise de con- science, et le manque de soutien de la part des États membres, de même que l’incapacité des citoyens de la Communauté à obtenir justice à travers la Cour. L’incapacité pour les citoyens de la Communauté d’avoir accès à la justice est mise en exergue à travers l’affaire qui a opposé Afolabi Olajide à la République Fédérale du Nigeria. Au regard de cette affaire, cet article permet de voir à quel point la mise en place de cette Cour permet de répondre ou non aux attentes des citoyens de la Communauté en matière d’accès à la justice. La conclusion de cette étude examine les efforts visant à assurer un accès plus significatif des citoyens à la Cour et les attentes par rapport à cette Cour.
Adewale Banjo is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Adeleke, A., 1995, ‘The Politics and Diplomacy of Peace-keeping in West Africa: The ECOWAS
Operation in Liberia’, Journal of Modern African Studies, 33, 4.
Adeniji, O., 1997, ‘Mechanisms for Conflict Management in West Africa: Politics of
Harmonization,’ACCORD Occasional Paper.
Adekeye, A., 2002, Liberia’s Civil War-Nigeria, ECOMOG, and Regional Security in West Africa, (A
project of International Peace Academy), Boulder and London, Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Aning, E.K., 1994, Managing Regional Security in West Africa: ECOWAS, ECOMOG and Liberia,
Copenhagen, Center for Development Research, Working Paper 94.2, February 1994.
AU Magazine, December 2004-February 2005, Vol 1.Issue 2, 2004, pp.18-20.
Bach, Daniel, 1983, ‘The Politics of West African Economic Cooperation: CEAO and ECOWAS’, Journal
of Modern African Studies, 21, 4.
Community Court of Justice, 2001, Information Manual.
Community Court of Justice, 2002, The Rules of the Community Court of Justice (ECOWAS), 3 June,
Abuja.
Community Court of Justice of The Economic Court of West African States, 2004, Mr Afolabi Olajide
Vs. Federal Republic of Nigeria, Judgment Delivered 27 April, 2004, Abuja, Nigeria, (Citation
/ECW/CCJ/04).
Declaration of the Participants at the Consultative Forum on protecting the Rights of ECOWAS
Citizens through ECOWAS Court of Justice, 2003.
Diop, M.C, and Lavergne, R.,1994, Regional Integration in West Africa, Proceedings of the
International Conference organised by IDRC in Dakar, Senegal,11-15 January 1993. Ottawa:
International Research Development
Center.
Donli, H.N., 2003, Community Court of Justice - Annual Report, 2003.
Draft of the Supplementary Protocol A/SP.1/11/04 amending the Preamble and articles 1, 2, 9, 22 and
of protocol A/P.1/7/91 relating to the Community Court of Justice and Article 4 paragraph 1 of
the English Version of the Protocol, 2004.
Foroutan, F., 1993, ‘Regional Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Past experiences and future and
future prospects’, in de Melo, J. and Panagariya, A. eds., New Dimensions in Regional Integration,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gambari, I., 1991, Political and Comparative Dimensions of
Regional Integration:
The Case of ECOWAS, London: Humanities Press International.
Gowon, Y., 1984, ‘The Economic Community of West African States: A Study of Political and Economic
Integration’, PhD Thesis, Warwick University.
http://www.interights.org/news ‘Interights latest news - individuals to be given direct access to
the ECOWAS Court of Justice’, (Accessed 22/12/2004).
http://www.ecowas.int/ profile, (Accessed 22/12/2004). http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org. (Accessed
/12/2004). http://www.allafrica.com. (Accessed 10/2/2005).
http://www.headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/, (Accessed 22/12/2004).
Ofuatey-Kodjoe, W., 1994, ‘Regional Organizations and the Resolution of Internal Conflicts: The
ECOWAS Intervention in Liberia’, International Peace-Keeping, 1, 3.
Onwuka, R., and Amadu, S., eds., 1985, The Future of Regionalism in Africa, London: Macmillan.
Onwuka, R., 1982, Development and Integration in Africa: The Case of the Economic Community of West
Africa States, Ile-Ife: University of Ife Press.
Senghor, J.C., 1990, ‘Theoretical Foundations for Regional Integration in Africa: An Overview’, in
Peter Anyang Nyong’o, ed., Regional Integration in Africa: Unfinished Agenda, Nairobi: African
Academy of Sciences, 17-34.
ThisDay, 2004, ‘ECOWAS Court not open to individual litigants’, 28 April. Vanguard, 2004, ‘ECOWAS
Court throws out suit against Nigeria’, 28 April. Vogt, M.A., ed., 1992, The Liberian Crisis and
ECOMOG: A Bold Attempt at
Regional Peace-Keeping, Lagos: Gbajumo.