Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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The Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a senior judicial officer who assists the Court’s President in leading this continental human rights tribunal and overseeing its judicial and administrative functions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office
leadership position
position in an international court
appointedBy judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
assists President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
associatedWithOrganization African Union
basedOn Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
cooperatesWith President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Registrar of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
other judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
createdBy Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
dutyStation seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
electedFrom among the judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
goal effective functioning of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa
jurisdiction African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
legalFramework African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
locatedIn Arusha, Tanzania
memberOf Bureau of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
officeType full-time judicial office
partOf African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
rank second-highest judicial officer of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
regionServed Africa
reportsTo President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
requiresCitizenshipOf member state of the African Union
requiresQualification high moral character
qualification for highest judicial offices in home state
recognized competence in human and peoples’ rights
responsibleFor acting for the President when the President is unable to act
assisting in leadership of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
participating in allocation of judicial work of the Court
participating in management of Court sessions
participating in oversight of the Registry of the Court
supporting administrative functions of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
supporting judicial functions of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
selectionMethod election by secret ballot of the judges of the Court
termLength two years as Vice-President
termRenewable true
worksLanguage official languages of the African Union
worksOn human rights cases
interpretation of other relevant human rights instruments ratified by African states
interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights hasVicePresident Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights