A CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY IS:(a) Any person who is a national by descent of a Member State and who is not a national of any non-Member State of the Community. The first part dealt with the merits, andĪRTICLE4FUNDAMENTALPRINCIPLESTHE HIGH CONTRACTINGPARTIES,in pursuit of the objectives stated in Article 3of thisTreaty,solemnly affirm and declare their adherence to the following principles:a)equalityandinter-dependenceofMemberStates b)solidarityandcollectiveself-reliance c)inter-Stateco-operation,harmonisationof policiesand integrationof programmes ECOWASREVISEDTREATYd)non-aggression between Member States e)maintenanceof regional peace, stability and security through the promotion andstrengtheningofgoodneighbourliness f)peaceful settlement of disputes among Member States,activeco-operation betweenneighbouring countries and promotion of a peacefulenvironmentas a prerequisitefor economic development g)recognition,promotionandprotectionof humanand peoples' rights in accordancewith the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights h)accountability, economic and social justice and popularparticipationindevelopment i)recognitionandobservanceof therulesandprinciplesof theCommunity j)promotionandconsolidationofademocraticsystemofgovernanceineachMemberStateasenvisagedbytheDeclarationofPoliticalPrinciplesadoptedinAbujaon6 July, 1991 andk)equitableandjustdistributionofthecostsandbenefitsofeconomicco-operationand integration.ĪRTICLE 1On the Acquisition of Community Citizenship 1. Parties and the interlocutory application was joined to the merits. The case, which was argued in two parts, was amply pleaded by common consent among the two Officer for "Peace and Security" at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), an NGO based inĪbuja, Nigeria, brought his case before the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS pressing chargesĪgainst the Republic of Benin, the Defendant, for violation of his right to human dignity and his right toįreedom of movement as guaranteed by the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.Ģ. Daouda Garba, a Nigerian national, and Programme By Application dated 19 December 2008, Mi. 2579, near Algon Guest House, Yedserramġ. Service is: Embassy of Benin in Nigeria, located on Plot No. Maître Hippolyte Yede, Lawyer registered with the Court of Appeal of Cotonou, Benin, whose address for The Republic of Benin, Defendant, represented by
Olusola Egbenika Esq., Lawyer at Falana and Falana Chambers, 22 Mediterranean Street, ImaniĮstate, Opp MTN- Office, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria
Sidibé - MemberĪssisted by Maître Athanase Atannon Registrar On Wednesday, the 17th Day of February 2010ġ. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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