SADC Tribunal (when operational)

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The SADC Tribunal (when operational) was a regional court of the Southern African Development Community mandated to adjudicate disputes involving the interpretation and application of SADC treaties and obligations among member states and, in certain cases, individuals and corporations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
SADC Tribunal 2
SADC Tribunal (when operational) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international court ⓘ
judicial organ ⓘ
regional court ⓘ
allowsCorporateAccess true ⓘ
allowsIndividualAccess true ⓘ
canHearCasesFrom SADC member states ⓘ
corporations ⓘ
legal persons ⓘ
natural persons ⓘ
canInterpret SADC legal instruments ⓘ
SADC protocols ⓘ
canReview compliance of member states with SADC obligations ⓘ
composition judges appointed from SADC member states ⓘ
disputeParties corporation-versus-state disputes ⓘ
individual-versus-state disputes ⓘ
state-to-state disputes ⓘ
enforcementMechanism obligation of member states to comply with Tribunal decisions ⓘ
establishedBy SADC Summit ⓘ
SADC Treaty ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Southern African regional integration ⓘ
goal ensure adherence to and proper interpretation of SADC Treaty ⓘ
promote rule of law within SADC ⓘ
provide judicial recourse for violations of SADC obligations ⓘ
hasCompetence advisory jurisdiction ⓘ
contentious jurisdiction ⓘ
hasOrganType judicial ⓘ
hasProceduralRules Rules of Procedure of the SADC Tribunal ⓘ
independence judicial independence from SADC political organs ⓘ
isRegionalOrganizationCourtOf SADC ⓘ
jurisdiction Southern African Development Community member states ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of the Southern African Development Community ⓘ
locatedIn Windhoek ⓘ
locatedInCountry Namibia ⓘ
mandate adjudication of disputes arising from SADC obligations ⓘ
application of SADC Treaty ⓘ
interpretation of SADC Treaty ⓘ
partOf Southern African Development Community ⓘ
regionServed Southern Africa ⓘ
relationshipWith SADC Council of Ministers ⓘ
SADC Summit of Heads of State or Government ⓘ
linked to: SADC Summit
seat Windhoek, Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Windhoek
shortName SADC Tribunal ⓘ
subjectMatter human rights issues linked to SADC obligations ⓘ
international economic law within SADC framework ⓘ
investment disputes under SADC instruments ⓘ
trade disputes under SADC instruments ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied SADC Treaty and protocols ⓘ
applicable rules of international law ⓘ
general principles of international law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Summit of Heads of State or Government → hasAuthorityOver → SADC Tribunal (when operational) ⓘ
SADC Tribunal → shortName → SADC Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: SADC Tribunal (when operational)
SADC founding treaty → establishes → SADC Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: SADC Tribunal (when operational)