Type de consultant: Individual Consultant

Lieu de la mission: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Date de clôture: 06-oct-2025

Domaine: Legal

The Sanctions Appeals Board (“SAB”) is the second tier, and appellate body, of the two-tier Sanctions System set up by the African Development Bank pursuant to the terms of the Cross-debarment Agreement signed between the Multilateral development banks (MDBs) on 9 April 2010. Therefore, the SAB receives and determines appeals from the Sanctions Commissioner’s decisions and performs such other functions and responsibilities as set forth in the Sanctions Procedures. It is made up of six members including four external members (two substantive and two alternate members) and two internal members (one substantive and one alternate member). In accordance with its Terms of Reference, the SAB decides cases “de novo” in full or in panels, depending on the complexity of the case.

The Executive Secretariat of the Sanctions Appeals Board (SAB) is currently looking for a lawyer with strong experience in litigation, preferably international litigation, to provide legal support to the Executive Secretary of the Sanctions Appeals Board.
The team’s mission:
The Sanctions Appeals Board is part of AfDB anti-corruption framework, which addresses allegations of sanctionable practices in activities financed or executed by the Bank Group. The Sanctions Appeals Board is responsible for the appellate review of sanctionable practices. Its Secretariat supports their decision-making process from a legal and logistical standpoint.
The consultant will assist the Executive Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board (SAB) in all the legal work of the unit:

• Conduct document review of case evidence, in English and French.
• Assist the Executive Secretary in defining the need or convenience of requesting clarifications and further evidence from the parties