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Somalia becomes eighth member of East African Community30 November 2023In November, Somalia was the latest country to join the East African Community (EAC). This follows the Democratic Republic of Congo's accession to the...
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Nicaragua left the OAS on 19 November 202330 November 2023Following a series of diplomatic catastrophes and human rights violations in the country, Nicaragua has left the Organization of American States (OAS)...
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China conducting joint military exercises with 5 ASEAN Member States21 November 2023China is conducting joint military exercises this week with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In doing so, it is seeking to strengthen ...
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How to design smart and lean regional integration that works, also outside the EU: Two day international CompaRe conference05 September 2023On the 31st August and 1st September 2023, CompaRe hosted a conference on “Smart and lean integration: finding regional solutions to global challenges...
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CompaRe conference and call for papers on lean integration23 June 2023
This conference explores the potential of regional collaboration for meeting some of the key challenges facing our world today, and to do so in a sma...
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Roundtable Conference on Constitutional Process in East African Community and African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali06 June 2023
What should a confederal constitution for the EAC look like? What are the legal challenges for making the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) work? And w...
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CompaRe PhD roundtable on the research process06 April 2023CompaRe’s third virtual PhD roundtable was held on 29 March 2023. In attendance were the head of the centre, staff and PhD candidates. The roundtable ...
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Leiden Law School receives praise during research evaluation02 November 2022Every six years, the research conducted at all law schools in the Netherlands is evaluated during a research evaluation. On 6 and 7 October, it was Le...
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The challenge of regional integration – Online guest lecture by Armin Cuyvers and Frederik Behre at Los Andes University in Bogotá22 April 2022
On 19 April 2022, Armin Cuyvers and Frederik Behre gave an online guest lecture for students of Los Andes University in Bogotá covering the topics of ...
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Andean Community Committee on Indigenous rights13 April 2022
Representatives of the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina/CAN) and its Member States met in Quito, Ecuador last month and approved a decision creating...
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Improvement of Paraguayan drinking water and sanitation supported by MERCOSUR18 February 2022
MERCOSUR recently renewed its commitment to and support for contributing to the improvement of drinking water and sanitation in Paraguay, a member sta...
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ASEAN and Human rights09 February 2022In the last weeks, ASEAN published different Statements about the human rights situation in Myanmar and the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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A Harmonised EAC COVID Pass to Re-Kindle Intra-Regional Trade04 February 2022COVID-19 poses a significant barrier to intra-regional trade within the EAC, causing interminable hold-ups at the internal borders.
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EAC Council of Ministers give green light for Democratic Republic of the Congo accession28 January 2022
On November 22 in Arusha, Tanzania, the Council of Ministers of the East African Community (EASC) endorsed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as i...
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ECOWAS imposes heavy sanctions on Mali following refusal to hold elections28 January 2022
At an extraordinary summit held in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, the ECOWAS states have decided to impose a string of economic, financial and diploma...