COMESA Court of Justice

The COMESA Court of Justice at the 16th Pan African Lawyers Union Annual Conference, where African lawyers are examining what artificial intelligence changes about legal practice and about access to justice.


Pan African Lawyers Union

The COMESA Court of Justice is in Cairo.

The 16th Pan African Lawyers Union Annual Conference opens today and runs to 2 September 2026.

L–R: Honourable Justice Sitwala Mwanamwambwa, Judge President of the COMESA Court of Justice, H.E. Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, 14th Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Honourable Justice Tewodros Getachew Tulu, Judge of the First Instance Division of the COMESA Court of Justice.



Pan African Lawyers Union

The COMESA Court of Justice will participate in the 16th Annual Conference of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), which will take place from 31 August to 2 September 2026 in Cairo, Egypt.

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https://comesacourt.org/blog/2026/08/27/comesa-court-of-justice-to-attend-palus-16th-annual-conference-in-cairo-egypt-from-31-august-to-02-september/

Pan African Lawyers Union
East Africa Law Society
Law Association of Zambia

The COMESA Court of Justice (CCJ) and the Ethiopian Federal Advocates Association (EFAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote COMESA law, widen access to justice, and strengthen the skills of legal practitioners across the region. The Registrar of the Court, Honourable Dr. Woubishet Shiferaw, and the President of EFAA, Mr. Tesfaye Deresse, signed the agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The MOU will prompt regional integration where legal commitments are enforced, and the CCJ performs this role across Eastern and Southern Africa. Many practitioners and businesses remain unaware of when and how they can bring a matter before it, and this agreement is set to bridge that gap by reaching out to practitioners, law students, academics, the business community, and the wider public.

The Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia -የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራል ጠቅላይ ፍ/ቤት
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
East Africa Law Society
Law Association of Zambia

New Bench of COMESA Court of Justice Holds First Administrative Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia -የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራል ጠቅላይ ፍ/ቤት

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https://comesacourt.org/blog/2026/08/01/new-bench-of-comesa-court-of-justice-holds-first-administrative-meeting-in-addis-ababa-ethiopia/

The COMESA Court of Justice (CCJ) is participating in the 7th COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Regional Trade Fair and Business Conference, being held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 1–3 July 2026.

The Hon. Registrar, Woubishet Shiferaw participated as a panellist during the first panel session, which focused on the theme: "Strategic Institutional Synergies for Regional and Continental Trade Integration: Empowering Women and Youth Entrepreneurs."

During the session, the Hon. Registrar highlighted the critical role of the COMESA Court of Justice in promoting legal certainty, strengthening the rule of law, and facilitating regional economic integration through an effective and predictable legal framework.

The Registrar also underscored the importance of institutional collaboration in creating an enabling environment for both women and youth entrepreneurs to participate meaningfully in regional and continental trade.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
COMESA Business Council
Comesa Competition & Consumer Commission

Second Day of the 3rd COMESA Institutions Awareness Forum