ABSTRACT

The genesis of the Joint Colloquium lay in the shared concern of a number of Commonwealth organisations about the effective implementation of the good governance, democracy and human rights agenda embodied in the Harare Declaration. These matters were of particular concern to the sponsoring organisations as being representative of those professions directly involved in the processes whereby these benefits are secured or imperilled – judges (the CMJA), parliamentarians (the CPA), practising lawyers (the CLA) and legal educators (the CLEA).