Hon Justice Charlyne M. Brumskine (Liberia) and Hon Justice Désire Henri Aihou (Bénin) have emerged as the brand new President and Vice-President of the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, respectively.
The new management was elected on 13 October 2026 by the brand new school of judges.
Their emergence marks the start of a brand new management chapter for the regional judicial establishment following the conclusion of the tenure of the outgoing school of judges.
The new management will steer the Court’s judicial and institutional affairs for the following two years of their four-year, non-renewable mandate ending in 2030.
The different three Members of the Court are Hon Justice Awa Bah (The Gambia), Hon Justice Henrietta Uzoamaka Didigu (Nigeria), and Hon Justice Yaouza Ouro-Sama (Togo).
Their emergence follows the swearing-in of those 5 newly appointed Judges of the Court on 6 October 2026 in a ceremony presided over by the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
The transition comes at a pivotal second for the ECOWAS Court because it advances the implementation of its Strategic Plan 2026–2030, Justice 2030.
The plan gives a framework for strengthening entry to justice, enhancing judicial effectivity, enhancing institutional effectiveness, growing the Court’s visibility and consolidating public confidence in regional justice.
As President, Justice Brumskine will present total judicial management and signify the Court in its institutional and exterior engagements, whereas Justice Aihou, as Vice-President, will help the President within the discharge of the obligations of the workplace and carry out different features in accordance with the Court’s governing framework.
In her inaugural handle, Hon. President Brumskine said that her election was a possibility to serve the Court, the ECOWAS Community and in the end the individuals of West Africa with dedication and a deep sense of accountability.
“I am sincerely grateful to my esteemed colleagues for the confidence they have each reposed on me. I accept this responsibility, fully conscious of the obligations it entails, and the expectations that accompany leading a regional judicial institution, entrusted with interpreting and applying community law and protecting human rights,” the President stated.
The outgoing President of the Court, Hon Justice Ricardo Cláudio Monteiro Gonçalves, stated that the handover ceremony marked the conclusion of the tenure of the 5 outgoing judges and the transmission of obligations to the incoming Judges.
He described the ceremony as significantly vital because it expresses the elemental precept of continuity of the establishment past these briefly referred to as to serve.
On behalf of the outgoing Judges of the Court, he expressed heat needs for a profitable tenure to the incoming Judges.
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