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LNBA National President Returns from ECOWAS Conference In The Gambia

(MONROVIA, LIBERIA MONDAY MAY 29, 2023) – The National President of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Sylvester D. Rennie has returned to the country after participating in a weeklong International Conference hosted by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Banjul, in the Republic of the Gambia. The weeklong International conference was organized under the Theme: “ECOWAS’ ZERO TOLERANCE FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL Change of Government”. The high-level conference brought together jurists, scholars, and other stakeholders from the Institutional Agencies of ECOWAS and Member states of the Community.

The LNBA says,  the relevance of the theme of the  conference cannot be overemphasized as it focuses on the need for participatory democracy and constitutional order in all ECOWAS Member States, and in particular on the ECOWAS policy of Zero Tolerance for Unconstitutional Change of Government.

The LNBA in a statement released today, says that following the civil war in Liberia which began in 1989, and which later spread to Sierra Leone, the Authority of Heads of State and government of ECOWAS in July 1991, adopted the Declaration of ECOWAS political principles, in which they declared their adherence to certain principles, in order to enhance the prospects of advancing; “economic cooperation and integration in a political environment of peace, security and stability”. In addition to pleading to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms in all their plenitude, the Heads of State among others, declared their determination to “concert efforts to promote democracy in the sub region on the basis of political pluralism and respect for fundamental human rights as embodied in universally recognized instruments on human rights and on the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.

The ECOWAS Court of Justice organized its ninth international conference held at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre, in Banjul, the Gambia, from 22 to 25 of May 2023. The International Conference provided a forum for the court to examine important and topical thematic issues of concern for the Community, together with scholars, jurists, practitioners and stakeholders from within the member states of ECOWAS.

Below is the final Communique of the International Conference of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice:

http://FINAL COMMUNIQUE ECOWAS COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE

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