MONROVIA – A high level delegation of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, led by Honorable Justice Edward Asante, President of the Court, arrives in Monrovia on Saturday, 16th March 2019 on the second leg of the Court’s regional outreach programme that was launched in neighbouring Sierra Leone on 7th March 2019. The weeklong campaign in Liberia will enable the Court to engage with all its critical stakeholders’, mainly judges, lawyers, students, government officials, representatives of civil society organisations, women organisations and market women. It also undertakes external court sessions through which it not only enhances visibility for the Court but also brings justice closer to the citizens, particularly for indigent citizen. These groups will be joined by Market women for the town hall meeting while the Special Forum for Lawyers and Law Students will bring together Lawyers in both public and private practice, Deans of the Law schools, Law Lecturers and Law students from Universities and Law Schools. Moreover, the President said the campaign will also enable the Court respond to a request for such a campaign by the Monrovia based ECOWAS Women Organisation on increasing access to the Court in response to the myriad of human rights issues in the country, including gender based violence, early and forced marriages and extra judicial killings.

Source: Front Page Africa March 17, 2019 21:45 UTC