The Chief Registrar of the ECOWAS Court, Dr Yaouza Ouro-Sama, has lamented that most Member States have refused to ratify the Court’s instruments.
The Chief Registrar expressed concern at the appalling level of ratification of instruments of the Court during a meeting with a delegation from the Dakar-based ECOWAS Gender Development Centre in Abuja.
He said the only exception was the 1991 founding Protocol which all the Member States have ratified except Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau.
The Court is now working on a programme through which it would engage Member States to improve the level of ratification of the three regional instruments on the Court and contribute to improving the enforcement of its decisions by the States, he said.
He said the only exception was the 1991 founding Protocol which all the Member States have ratified except Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau.
The Court is now working on a programme through which it would engage Member States to improve the level of ratification of the three regional instruments on the Court and contribute to improving the enforcement of its decisions by the States, he said.
