Suspended in 2010 and stripped of its individual-access jurisdiction in 2014 after ruling against Zimbabwe in the Campbell land case. It is listed here because its suspension is the reason litigants in Southern Africa have no sub-regional forum comparable to the ECOWAS Court.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- international
- Court type
- Sub-regional treaty tribunal, suspended
- Jurisdiction
- Southern African Development Community member states
- Seat
- Windhoek
- Established
- 2005
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, French
Where an appeal goes next
Not operative
Decisions worth knowing
- Mike Campbell (Pvt) Ltd v Republic of Zimbabwe2008
Land acquisitions without compensation breached the SADC Treaty; the ruling led to the Tribunal's suspension.
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