Mali: Uemoa Recognizes the Illegality of the Sanctions Imposed in 2022, a Victory for Transition
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By cancelling the economic sanctions imposed on Mali in 2022, the Uemoa Court of Justice has set aside a late but meaningful legal victory for Bamako. The ruling highlights above all a silent inflection in West African political and institutional architecture.
This is an undeniable victory for the transitional Malian authorities. Between January and July 2022, the Cédéao and the Uemoa imposed sanctions on Mali, particularly economic ones, in an attempt to force the putschists to adopt an electoral calendar. Estimating these "illegal" sanctions, Bamako had filed in February 2022 an application for annulment before the Court of Justice of the Uemoa, whose decision was rendered Wednesday 28 January and p…
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