Kurbanov R.A. Regional integration in Africa: Inter-African Conference on Social Insurance

Abstract: Issues of global integration and regionalization are becoming more and more relevant. There is a large number of regional institutions located across different continents, dealing with various aspects of integration. A special place among them take the organizations that work within the legal sphere. This article focuses on the Inter-African Conference on Social Insurance, the main activity of which is to harmonize the laws of the member-states in the field of social insurance. Inter-African Conference on Social Insurance is a narrow profile African regional organizations operating within the framework of the franc zone states. This article describes the history of its creation, functioning issues, institutional structure, the regulations developed thereunder, as well as the impact that it has upon the national law of the member-states and the aspects of integration in the field of migrant workers’ rights on a regional scale.

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