Regionalization

Regionalization

Regional Tribunals

Main Regional International Tribunals:

• African Courts: African Courts, CEMAC Court of Justice, COMESA Court of Justice, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Court of Justice and Human Rights, Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, East African Court of Justice, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, OHADA Common Court of Justice and Arbitration, Special Court for Sierra Leone, WAEMU Court of Justice, African Court of Justice (ACJ).
• American Courts: American Courts, Court of Justice of the Andean Community, Caribbean Court of Justice, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Central American Court of Justice, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, NAFTA Dispute Settlement Panels.
• European Courts: European Courts, Court of First Instance of the European Union, Benelux Court of Justice, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Human Rights, European Free Trade Agreement Court, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Further Reading

• A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Regionalization , H Volger, KA Annan -2010)
• The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007)
• International Law: A Dictionary (including Regionalization , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005)

Regionalization (in the Human Development Area)

In this context, Regionalization means:

formation and development of sustainable international structures of a regional character aiming to expand of cooperation and trade/ and implementation of large joint projects.