Bibliographie sélective OHADA

This conference which held at the premises of the African Union Commission, Addis Ababa on 23 July 2015 examined the functions of arbitration institutions in Africa. The conferenced discussions focused on sharing experiences by users and providers for the effective administration of arbitration references in the continent. The conference was organised by Dr Emilia Onyema of the School of Law, SOAS. KEY ARTICLES : - Regional Arbitration Institution for ECOWAS: Lessons from OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration ; - The Role of Arbitration Institutions in the Development of Arbitration in Africa ; - “Africa’s Century” – The rise of International Arbitration in Africa and what it means for users of Arbitral Institutions in Africa ; - Reawakening Arbitral Institutions for Development of Arbitration in Africa ; - Opening Up International Arbitration in Africa ; - Africa as a Viable Space for Arbitration: Role of National Courts and Laws - The Role of Counsel in Promoting African Arbitral Institutions ;

This article examines the effectiveness of the framework for the resolution of intra-African cross-border commercial disputes, arising from the projected increase in intra-African trade in goods, services, and investments under the African Continental Free Trade Area. It examines the peculiar nature of intra-African trade and of the participating entities to provide the context to discuss the three major processes adopted in commercial dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, and arbitration) in Africa. It then argues for the promotion of arbitration as the dispute resolution process of choice for such disputes. It reimagined the framework for arbitration at the continental level and made two proposals targeted at the greater efficiency of the process: the designation of Regional Arbitration Centres across the African Union's eight recognized Regional Economic Communities, to administer such references; and the establishment of an African Commercial Court as a one-stop court for the enforcement or annulment of the final award.

This second conference in the SOAS Arbitration in Africa Conference series examined how African judges can better support the growth of arbitration. The conference was hosted by the The Lagos Court of Arbitration in their premises in Lagos, Nigeria from 22-24 June 2016. This conference booklet contains some of the papers and slides, and photographs from the conference.

As the world celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the New York Convention in 2008 it became necessary to examine the enforcement regimes for arbitration awards in Sub-Sahara Africa. This article examines the provisions for the recognition and enforcement, and requirements for the setting aside of both domestic and international arbitral awards under the arbitration laws of OHADA member states, Nigeria and Sudan, as representative of the legal regimes in Sub-Sahara African countries. The New York Convention applies to Convention awards in half of the countries of Sub-Sahara Africa. It is therefore relevant to examine the requirements for the enforcement of non-Convention awards in those states that are members of the New York Convention, and also in those states that are not members of the New York Convention. Different arbitration laws and regimes apply in the three representative jurisdictions chosen for this comparative analysis and these are also representative of the legal regimes in those countries with arbitration laws in the region. Though a generally supportive tendency towards the enforcement of arbitral awards can be gleaned from the examination of some arbitration-related judgments, this article again highlights the importance for the remaining countries in the region yet to sign up to and implement the New York Convention to consider adopting it, and for more arbitration hearings to be held within the region.