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Origins and Legal Status of PACTCA

Origins and Legal Status of PACTCA

The origins of  PACTCA /CPATC

The Pan African Council of Traditional and Customary Authorities (PACTCA/CPATC) was created on the initiative of many Custodians of Culture and tradition from several African Countries during a meeting that took place in Benin on the 28, 29 and 30 of September 2014. The meeting sat to set out the framework of the Organization that led to the Constituent General Assembly in Cotonou on July 23 to 25, 2016 accompanied by the International Centre for the Research and Documentation on African Traditions and Languages, (CERDOTOLA). This meeting that held in Dahe was part of an on-going process and resolutions that were adopted during earlier meetings on June 27 to 28, 2014 at the headquarters of CERDOTOLA in Yaoundé, Cameroun during which His Majesty Dada HOUDEGBE, king of Dahe was elected chairperson of a Provisional Committee in which he pledged to provide maximum support to the organisation of the meeting that finally took place in his Palace in the Republic of Benin.

 

What is the Legal Status of PACTCA ?

The creation of PACTCA (CPATC) is the result of a long Culture and Diplomatic processes at international and inter-community level during which diverse stakeholders were consulted in as many Countries as Ghana, Mali, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Gabon, Brazil, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Togo and Benin.

The organization was recognized in 2016 by the Government of the Republic of Benin, host of its Head Quarters, under Ref. N°210/MISP/DC/SGM/DAIC/SC/SA whose declaration got published in the Nations Official Gazette dated February 15th, 2017 on its Page 264.

In the name of peace in Africa, the Pan African Council of Traditional and Customary Authorities was born!

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