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Mr. Adelardus Kilangi

Mr. Adelardus Kilangi
Member and President, African Union Commission on International Law
Dean of the Faculty of Law,
St. Augustine University of Tanzania

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Regional Organizations
African Union
The African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL): Its Establishment, Mandate, Activities and Challenges
Original Lecture in English
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(7/12/2012, 30 minutes)

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The Development of the Law of Regional Integration in Africa: Its Structure and Pertinent Features
Original Lecture in English
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(6/12/2012, 37 minutes)

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The Establishment of the African Union Commission on International Law and the Question of Fragmentation of International Law
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(5/10/2012, 34 minutes)
Regional Organizations
African Union
The African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL):
Its Establishment, Mandate, Activities and Challenges
A. Legal Instruments
Charter of the Organization of African Unity, Addis Ababa, 13 September 1963, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 479, p. 39.

Statute of the African Union Commission on International Law, Addis Ababa, January 2009.
B. Documents
African Union Executive Council decision EX.CL/Dec.129 (V) of July 2004 (Decision on the Meetings of Experts on the Review of OAU/AU Treaties Doc. EX/CL/95(V)).

African Union Assembly decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 71 (IV) of January 2005 (Decision on the Draft African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact).

African Union Assembly decision Assembly/AU/Dec.209 (XII) of February 2009 (Decision on the Draft Statute of the African Union Commission on International Law (Doc. Assembly/AU/12(XII) – a))

Security Council resolution 1970 (2001) of 26 February 2011.

Security Council resolution 1973 (2001) of 17 March 2011.

For more information on the African Union Commission on International Law, please visit AUCIL.


The Development of the Law of Regional Integration in Africa:
Its Structure and Pertinent Features
A. Legal Instruments
Charter of the Organization of the African Unity, Addis Ababa, 25 May 1963, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 479, p. 39.

Constitutive Act of the African Union, Lomé, 11 July 2000, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2158, p. 3.
B. Additional references
For more information on the East African Community, please visit EAC.

For more information on the Southern African Development Community, please visit SADC.

For more information on the Economic Community of West African States, please visit ECOWAS.

For more information on the Arab Maghreb Union, please visit Maghreb arabe.

For more information on the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development, please visit IGAD.

For more information on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Afric, please visit COMESA.

For more information on the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, please visit CEN-SAD.

The Establishment of the African Union Commission on International Law
and the Question of Fragmentation of International Law
Legal Instruments
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice, San Francisco, 26 June 1945.

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1155, p. 331.

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Nairobi, 27 June 1981, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, p. 217.

Statute of the African Union Commission on International Law, Addis Ababa, 1-4 February 2009.