African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
- African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is a regional court that rules on African Union states' compliance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
It came into being on January 25, 2004 with the ratification by fifteen member states of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Establishing the ACHPR. [ [http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/court_en.html Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights] ]
The court is in the process of being merged with the African Court of Justice following a decision by member states at a June 2004 African Union Summit.
The Court is located in Arusha, Tanzania. Arusha was also the location selected in 1996 for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which continues to function.
On January 22, 2006, the Eighth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union elected the first eleven Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Judges are normally elected for six-year terms and can be re-elected once. The President and Vice-President are elected to two-year terms.
The Court had its first meeting on July 2-5, 2006.
Judges
ee also
* European Court of Human Rights - regional court originally established in 1950
* Inter-American Court of Human Rights - regional court established in 1979
External links
* [http://www.pict-pcti.org/courts/ACHPR.html Biographies of ACHPR Judges]
* [http://www.aict-ctia.org/courts_conti/achpr/achpr_home.html African International Courts and Tribunals Website]
* [http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/court_en.html Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights]
* [http://www.africancourtcoalition.org/ Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights]
* [http://www.asil.org/insights/2006/09/insights060919.html The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, American Society of International Law, ASIL Insight, September 19, 2006, Volume 10, Issue 24]
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