SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CHAPTER TWELVE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES ARTICLE 32 Any dispute arising from the interpretation or application of this Treaty, the interpretation, application or validity of Protocols or other subsidiary instruments made under this Treaty, which cannot be settled amicably, shall be referred to the Tribunal. CHAPTER THIRTEEN SANCTIONS, WITHDRAWAL AND DISSOLUTION ARTICLE 33 SANCTIONS 1. Sanctions may be imposed against any Member State that: (a) persistently fails, without good reason, to fulfil obligations assumed under this Treaty; (b) implements policies which undermine the principles and objectives of SADC; or (c) is in arrears in the payment of contributions to SADC, for reasons other than those caused by natural calamity or exceptional circumstances that gravely affect its economy, and has not secured the dispensation of the Summit. 2. The Summit shall determine on a case-by-case basis sanctions to be imposed under subparagraphs a) and b) of paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. Subject to subparagraph c) of paragraph 1 of this Article, sanctions against a Member State which is in arrears shall be imposed as follow: (a) when in arrears for one year, suspension of the Member State’s right to speak and receive documentation at meetings of SADC; (b) (b) when in arrears for two years, suspension: (c) (i) of the Member State’s right to speak and receive documentation at meetings of SADC; and (ii) by SADC of recruitment, and renewal of contracts of employment, of personnel from the Member State; when in arrears for three years, suspension: (i) of the Member State’s right to speak and receive documentation at meetings of SADC; (ii) by SADC of recruitment, and renewal of contracts of employment, of personnel from the Member State; and (iii) of provision by SADC of funds for new projects in the Member State; and Consolidated text of the Treaty of the Southern African Development Community, as Amended - 22 -