La Commission de l’Union africaine pour le droit international : bilan des trois premières années

Abstract

The African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) was created on 30 January 2009 and began work on 3 May 2010. It burst in upon the international legal system somewhat anonymously. To date it has held five ordinary and two extraordinary sessions. The codification of nine subject areas is under examination. After giving an opinion on the Libyan crisis in 2011 it is pursuing a review of the crime of anti-constitutional change of government and of the establishment of an International Constitutional Court which the African Union has decided to create. The results of the first three years show that the AUCIL holds a position that cannot to date be compared with any other international codification commission.