Start date: 2016
Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law, Electoral Law, Human Rights, Fair Trial Standards, Legislative and Constitutional Drafting, Independence of the Judiciary, Access to Justice, Procedural Law of Institutions, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Public International Law, Transitional Justice
Highlights: 3+ projects, field visits, 10+ workshops
Overview
The Republic of Mali is currently in the process of implementing the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali (Accord pour la Paix et la Reconciliation au Mali) emanating from the Algiers process. The Agreement was concluded between the Government of Mali, the Azawad Movements Organisation (Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad) and the Platform coalition of armed groups in 2015 to address the country’s institutional crisis of 2012 and its underlying causes. The implementation of the Agreement and the overall transition process require the adoption of a number of constitutional, legislative and administrative reforms. Two constitutional reform processes were initiated in the country by former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (2013-2020) in 2017 and 2018 as further steps towards the implementation of the Algiers Peace Accord but were not be completed.
Following the ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) from power in August 2020, a Transitional Charter was adopted on 1 October 2020 (Decree N°1010-0072/PT-RM of 1 October 2020) setting up a transitional process of 18 months at the end of which (February 2022) general elections will be organised. In the build-up to the elections and in line with the Transitional Charter and the Algiers Peace Accord constitutional, institutional and political reforms will be undertaken.
Current project(s) in Mali
- There are no current projects
Completed project(s) in Mali
- Support to the Transitional Process in Mali
- Support to the Constitutional Reform Process in Mali and Capacity Building for the Constitutional Court of Mali
Collection of the case law of the Constitutional Court of Mali
Recueil de Jurisprudence de la Cour Constitutionnelle du Mali
The comprehensive collection and publication of the case law of the Constitutional Court of Mali from 1995 to 2022 is one of the outcomes of the collaboration between the Constitutional Court and the Max Planck Foundation.
La publication de ce recueil exhaustif de la jurisprudence de la Cour constitutionnelle du Mali de 1995 à 2022 est le résultat de la collaboration entre la Cour constitutionnelle du Mali et la Fondation Max Planck.
The various editions of the case law collection can be consulted here:
Les diverses éditions du recueil peuvent être consultées ici:
Vol. 1 (1995-1997)
Vol. 2 (1998-2001)
Vol. 3 (2002-2005)
Vol. 4 (2006-2007)
Vol. 5 (2008-2013)
Vol. 6 (2014-2017)
Vol. 7 (2018-2019)
Vol. 8 (2020-2022)
News Items
The Foundation’s Activity Report 2022 is now available online
Compilation of the Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Mali now available online/Les recueils de jurisprudence de la Cour constitutionnelle du Mali sont désormais disponibles en ligne
The Foundation Conducts Seminar for Students in Public Law at the University of Bamako
Second Workshop for the Judges of the Administrative Section of the Supreme Court of Mali
First Max Planck Guest Seminar at the Faculty of Public Law at the University of Bamako, Mali
Contact
Kathrin Maria Scherr
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Phone: +49 (0)6221 91404 34
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Dr Yann Prisner-Levyne
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Phone: +49 (0)6221 91404 29
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