🇹🇬 Togo Politics31 October 2026

Power dynamics hinder implementation of regional decisions

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 24 Heure Info

Political scientist Nadine Machikou says power dynamics and national institutions explain the difficulties in implementing decisions by African regional courts. She presented this analysis on 30 October at the University of Lomé, during a symposium on regional human rights protection, 24 Heure Info reports.

Political power dynamics and the workings of national institutions can hinder the implementation of decisions issued by African regional human rights courts, Professor Nadine Machikou explained at the University of Lomé. The professor of political science was speaking on Friday 30 October at the close of an international symposium devoted to these courts, according to 24 Heure Info.

Nadine Machikou stressed that states’ responses vary depending on the nature of the cases and the political issues they raise nationally. She also cited constitutional autonomy, the composition of majorities, relations between institutions, the separation of powers and respect for the rule of law among the factors influencing the enforcement of community decisions.

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