The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has commenced its 2015/2016 legal year with an opening Ceremony which was held on the 22nd October 2015, Abuja.

The opening ceremony of the new legal year had as its theme, ‘Rule of law, Democracy and Good Governance: Creating the enabling Legal Environment for Regional Integration’ and its sub-theme ‘The role of ECOWAS Court of Justice in regional Integration: Consolidating the Human Rights Mandate of ECOWAS Court of Justice’.

The opening Ceremony featured good will messages from the Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Toga Gayewea McIntosh as well as representatives of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the Nigeria Ministry for foreign Affairs, the Office of the Attorney General of Nigeria and a keynote speech from the guest speaker Mr. Femi Falana (SAN).