The President of the Pan African Lawyers’ Union (PALU), Emeka J. P. Obegolu, has said that Pan African Lawyers’ Union (PALU) has done more cases at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right than all other players put together.
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Emeka J. P. Obegolu made this statement on the 17th of July, 2019, while talking about the mandate of the Union, which is typical of other law Associations and Law Societies, during his welcome address at the 2019 Annual Conference and General Assembly, Hotel Eda Oba, Lomé, Togo, with the Theme: “The Future Of The Legal Profession In Africa: Effective Tools To Succeed In A Changing Environment”.
According to him, not only has PALU supported and actively engaged the various organs and institutions of global governance, but it has also actively participated in, and advocated for, a strong Pan-African and (sub) regional judicial and legal architecture. Among the things mentioned is that fact that PALU drafted the Court’s Legal Aid Funding framework, whose Statute was adopted by the African Union (AU) at its Summit (in January 2016) as well as having formal Observer Status with the African Union (AU) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, amongst others.
“PALU drafted the first draft of the Protocol that could give the existing African Court a future jurisdiction over 14 serious crimes: the four (4) “Core Crimes” that are within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC); and an additional ten (10) crimes that are of serious concern to African people, including the crimes of Unconstitutional Change of Government, Corruption, Money Laundering, Piracy, Terrorism, Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Trafficking in Persons, Drugs, Hazardous Wastes and other crimes.
“We have also contributed to the formulation of the AU Model Law on Universal Jurisdiction; Protocols relating to the Pan African Parliament (PAP), the African Central Bank (ACB), African Investment Bank (AIB), African Monetary Fund (AMF), and also the Rules of Procedure of the African Governance Platform (AGP) and the Annexed Guidelines for State Parties’ Reports under the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG),” he said.
He also added that PALU believes in having strong legal and judicial institutions, as their ultimate guarantors for sustainable development, the rule of law, democracy, good governance, human and peoples’ rights, and for assertively combating impunity, at the national, (sub) regional, continental and global levels. He also stressed that they further believe in the necessity of proactively and innovatively working towards co-operation, collaboration and even complementarities between these institutions at these various levels, on the African continent, as elsewhere in the world.
Speaking on the importance of collective action, he highlighted some of the several developmental issues the continent is faced with, including but not limited to electoral malpractices, rule of law, independence of the judiciary, human rights violations, security and corruption, etc. According to him, the theme of this 2019 annual conference of PALU speaks to the future of the Legal Profession in Africa with sessions designed to equip African Lawyers with tools to succeed in a changing environment even as they seek to affect their operating environment positively.
“We will host in-depth discussions on these at the Conference. Our premise is that if we sufficiently raise awareness about and engage succeed in a changing environment” We intend to use the conference to commence a comprehensive debate with our members and partners on the changes, especially technological changes, that are taking place in our society: Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Robotics and Fifth-generation Internet, also called 5G.
“In this emerging world, some types of work will be eliminated and automated; but new types of work will arise.
It is our sincere hope that the discussions that will flow from this conference will enrich our individual knowledge base in our quest to serve the needs of the next generation Africa.
We will manage the change, direct and profit from it. Otherwise the change will change us, and leave us behind.
“We have a duty, as professionals who believe in the rule of law and in political, social, economic and cultural development of our continent to actively get involved in these issues.
This is what will guarantee a life of dignity for our people, and peace and confidence in our governance systems in Africa, whether at national, regional or continental levels,” he added.
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