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The exhaustion of local remedies: The evolving jurisprudence of the COMESA Court of Justice

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The exhaustion of local remedies: The evolving jurisprudence of the COMESA Court of Justice

The exhaustion of local remedies: The evolving jurisprudence of the COMESA Court of Justice

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In August 2023, the Appellate Division of the COMESA Court of Justice delivered an important judgment in two appeals brought by a Mauritian company, Agiliss Limited, against earlier rulings of the Court’s First Instance Division. In the FID, Agiliss based both its references squarely and exclusively on provisions of the COMESA Treaty, especially its trade measures. This is significant because the courts of the African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are not inundated with regional trade-related cases.

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