ECOWAS Court holds conference on regional integration, judicial system

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice will hold an international conference from today in Praia, Cape Verde, on strengthening regional integration with the implementation of an effective justice system.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four-day conference will be jointly hosted by the government of Cape Verde, with the theme ‘ECOWAS Integration Model: The Legal Implications of Regionalism, Sovereignty and Supranationalism.”

A panel of discussants consisting of jurists and scholars from ECOWAS member states, ECOWAS institutions and international organisations are expected interrogate various aspects of the ECOWAS integration model under the seven sub-themes of the conference. NAN