International Conference on Access to Justice, Legal Costs and other interventions, 31 October - 02 November 2018: FINAL Programme of Events
The South African Law Reform Commission will be hosting an ALRAESA Annual General Meeting & Executive Committee Meeting
Date: 30 October 2018
Venue: Garden Court Marine Parade
Durban: KwaZulu-Natal
The South African Law Reform Commission will be hosting an International Conference on Access to Justice, Legal Costs and Other Interventions
Date: 31 October -2 November 2018
Venue: Garden Court Marine Parade
Durban: KwaZulu-Natal
The proposed establishment of ALRAESA was decided upon at a seminar on Best Practices in Law Reform held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in October 2000 which was attended by representatives from a number of African countries.
ALRAESA was subsequently formally established in Windhoek, Namibia, in August 2003, at which occasion a draft Constitution for the Association was also approved. The law reform agencies of Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe formed part of the Association at the time of its establishment.
The purpose of ALRAESA, as set out in Article 3 of the approved Constitution, is to:
At a general meeting of ALRAESA in Cape Town, South Africa, in March 2004 it was decided to expand the membership to include Mauritius, Swaziland, Botswana and Rwanda.
ALRAESA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
With reference to Article 14 of the ALRAESA Constitution the ALRAESA Executive Committee consists of the following Member Countries:
Follow this link to view the ALRAESA Constitution as on 9 November 2011 at Lilongwe, Malawi.
Follow this link to view the ALRAESA Administrative and Financial Regulations , adopted on 17 March 2015.
Member Countries of the Association of Law Reform Agencies of Eastern and Southern Africa (ALRAESA):
Other Links:
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