Luanda - The Committee of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Southern African evelopment Community (SADC) meets on Monday (10), in a virtual format, to consider the organization's draft legal instruments.
According to a press release to which ANGOP had access Friday, the meeting will analyze the degree of compliance with the decisions taken
in the previous session and assess the draft SADC legal instruments to be recommended to the Council and the Summit for assessment, approval, approval and the signing of the document.
The document adds that, among these, the draft agreement that amends the Organization Treaty will be under analysis, in order to enshrine the establishment of a dual membership structure, integrated by Troikas of the institutions.
The draft SADC declaration on the Protection of Persons with Albinism will also be addressed, through which Member States commit to taking effective prevention, protection, accountability, equality and non-discriminatory measures, in partnership with all interested parties, to guarantee the safety and protection of people and accountability for crimes committed against them.
During the meeting, the Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General will also discuss, among other matters, the selection of a judge for the SADC Administrative Court. The draft report on the reasons and implications of the slowness observed in the process of signing ratification and adhesion to protocols and other SADC legal instruments will also be discussed.
The session of the SADC Committee of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General will be preceded by a meeting of senior officials from the organization's legal affairs, attached to the Ministries of Justice and Attorneys General of the Member States.
SADC SADC is an organization comprising sixteen Member States, established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination
Conference (SADCC) and later, in August 1992, transformed into the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
SADC's mission is to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth and socio-economic development, through efficient production systems, deeper cooperation and integration, good governance and lasting peace and security, so that the region emerges as an actor competitive and effective in the contexts of international relations and the world economy.
The Member States of the Organization are South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Union of Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kingdom of Eswatini, Kingdom of Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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