Programme
WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026
CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND THE MAPUTO PROTOCOL
09:00 – 10:30 : Official Opening Ceremony
10:30 : Group photo
11:00 – 11:30 –Tea break
11:30 – 11:45 : Session 1: From Libreville to Johannesburg, a reflection on the resolutions of the 1st meeting
11:45 – 13:00: Session 2: Adjudicating Violence and Harassment Against Women
13:00 – 13:50 : lunch
13:50 – 15:10: Session 3: Economic Justice and Women’s Empowerment
15:10 – 15:30: Movement break
15:30 – 16:50: Session 4: Sustainable Environment Participation and Representation
THURSDAY, 23 APRIL 2026
EMERGING FRONTIERS & FUTURE-FOCUSED JURISPRUDENCE
09:00 – 10:20 :Session 5: Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Frontier & Women’s
10:20 – 11:00 : Tea break
11:00 – 11:25 –Presentations by the United Nations Development Programme
11:25 – 12:30 : Session 6: Leadership for Women Judicial Officers – Interactive Session
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 : Presentation of Draft Johannesburg Declaration
14:30 – 15:00: Closing ceremony
16:00 – 17:00: Media briefing
WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL 2026
CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE AND THE MAPUTO PROTOCOL
09:00 – 10:30 : Official Opening Ceremony
10:30 : Group photo
11:00 – 11:30 –Tea break
11:30 – 11:45 : Session 1: From Libreville to Johannesburg, a reflection on the resolutions of the 1st meeting
11:45 – 13:00: Session 2: Adjudicating Violence and Harassment Against Women
13:00 – 13:50 : lunch
13:50 – 15:10: Session 3: Economic Justice and Women’s Empowerment
15:30 – 16:50: Session 4: Sustainable Environment Participation and Representation
THURSDAY, 23 APRIL 2026
EMERGING FRONTIERS & FUTURE-FOCUSED JURISPRUDENCE
09:00 – 10:20 :Session 5: Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Frontier & Women’s
10:20 – 11:00 : Tea break
11:00 – 11:25 –Presentations by the United Nations Development Programme
11:25 – 12:30 : Session 6: Leadership for Women Judicial Officers – Interactive Session
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 : Presentation of Draft Johannesburg Declaration
14:30 – 15:00: Closing ceremony
16:00 – 17:00: Media briefing
About the event
Hosting this significant meeting in South Africa in April 2026 is profoundly symbolic. It connects the continent’s progressive legal frameworks – the Maputo Protocol and Constitutions of various African countries – with the historic courage of women who fought for the very rights these documents protect. The 2nd High-Level Meeting of Woman Leader Judicial Officers of Africa is not merely a conference; it is a strategic convergence point to honour the past, evaluate the present, and judicially shape a more equitable future for all African women and girls.