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SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVEL.OPMEHT COIIIIUNITY
ARTICLE 19
DISPUTES BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND STAFF
Subject to the provisions of Article 14 of this Protocol the Tribunal shall have exclusive
jurisdiction over all disputes between the Community and its staff relating to their conditions
of employment.
ARTICLE20
ADVISORY
The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to give advisory opinions, which may be requested by
the Summit or by the Council in terms of paragraph 4 of Article 16 of the Treaty.
ARTICLE 21
APPLICABLE LAW
The Tribunal shall:
(a)
apply the Treaty, this Protocol and other Protocols that from part of the Treaty, all
subsidiary instruments adopted by the Summit, by the Council or by any other
institution or organ of the Community pursuant to the Treaty or Protocols; and
(b)
develop its own Community jurisprudence having regard to applicable treaties,
general principles and rules of public international law and any rules and
principles ofthe law of States.
ARTICLE22
WORKING LANGUAGES
The working languages of the Tribunal shall be English, Portuguese and French.
Council may determine that any other language be used as a working language.
PART IV
Procedure Of The Tribunal
ARTICLE23
RULES OF PROCEDURES
The rules annexed to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.
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