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Thirty-four African countries have ratified the protocol establishing the African Court, of which only nine have made a special declaration allowing individuals and NGOs to submit cases directly to the court: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Tanzania, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Tunisia, and the Gambia; [5] otherwise, cases must be ...
A protocol to set up the Court of Justice was adopted in 2003, and entered into force in 2009. It was, however, superseded by a protocol creating the African Court of Justice and Human Rights. The merger protocol was adopted during the 11th African Union Summit in July 2008. The united court will be based in Arusha, Tanzania.
The Court of Justice of the African Union is intended to be the "principal judicial organ of the Union" (Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union, Article 2.2). [7] Although it has not yet been established, it is intended to take over the duties of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, as well as act as the supreme ...
Additionally, the ECOWAS Revised Treaty of 1993 established the Court of Justice was an institution of ECOWAS. [4] The Protocol was amended twice; once in 2005, [5] and once in 2006. [6] Notably, the 2005 Supplementary Protocol expanded the Court's jurisdiction to include human rights claims by individuals.
The protocol came into effect on 25 January 2004. In July 2004, the AU Assembly decided that the ACHP would be incorporated into the African Court of Justice. In July 2005, the AU Assembly then decided that the ACHP should be operationalised despite the fact that the protocol establishing the African Court of Justice had not yet come into effect.
Protocol to the African Charter establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights [20] Provides for the functions, responsibilities and jurisdiction of the Court, along with the process for submitting to the Court. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa [21]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body of the United Nations, held public hearings earlier this month in the case South Africa brought against Israel at the end of 2023.
The Sirte Declaration was the resolution adopted by the Organisation of African Unity on 9 September 1999, at the fourth Extraordinary Session of the OAU Assembly of African Heads of State and Government held at Sirte, Libya. The Declaration announced decisions to: [1] establish the African Union