African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

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international court judicial body of the African Union regional human rights court

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is a continental judicial body that adjudicates human rights cases and disputes arising under the African Charter and other relevant human rights instruments in Africa.

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Label Occurrences
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights 15
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights canonical 6
African Court 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international court ⓘ
judicial body of the African Union ⓘ
regional human rights court ⓘ
advisoryOpinionRequesters African Union organs ⓘ
African organizations recognized by the African Union ⓘ
member states of the African Union ⓘ
alsoAppliesInstrument other relevant human rights instruments ratified by the states concerned ⓘ
alsoKnownAs African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
cameIntoForce 2004 ⓘ
canIssue provisional measures ⓘ
canOrder reparations for victims of human rights violations ⓘ
canReceiveApplicationsFrom African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role) ⓘ
surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

African intergovernmental organizations ⓘ
states parties to the Protocol ⓘ
canReceiveIndividualApplications yes, if the state has made a special declaration under Article 34(6) of the Protocol ⓘ
composition judges elected in their individual capacity ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
decisionType binding judgments ⓘ
establishedBy member states of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ
firstJudgesSwornIn 2006 ⓘ
foundationDate 1998 ⓘ
goal to enhance the protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa ⓘ
hasPresident President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
hasVicePresident Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
headquartersCountry Tanzania ⓘ
headquartersLocation Arusha, Tanzania ⓘ
surface form: Arusha
judgeTermLength 6 years ⓘ
judgeTermRenewable once ⓘ
jurisdiction member states of the African Union that have ratified its Protocol ⓘ
legalBasis Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Arusha, Tanzania ⓘ
surface form: Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) building, Arusha
numberOfJudges 11 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Kiswahili ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization African Union ⓘ
primaryInstrumentApplied African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
relationshipWithOtherBody complements the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
replacedOrComplementedMechanism African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role) ⓘ
shortName AfCHPR ⓘ
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: African Court
subjectMatter application of other relevant human rights instruments ⓘ
human rights violations ⓘ
interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
typeOfCases advisory opinions ⓘ
contentious cases ⓘ
website https://www.african-court.org ⓘ

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African Union → hasJudicialBody → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights → alsoKnownAs → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights → shortName → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court
AU → hasOrgan → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: African Union
Arusha, Tanzania → hostTo → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice → relatedOrganization → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
AfCHPR → fullName → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
AfCHPR → alsoKnownAs → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Human Rights Court
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → legalBasisFor → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → establishes → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → createsOrgan → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → relatedTo → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
STC on Justice and Legal Affairs → collaboratesWith → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Union policy organs → hasMember → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Panel of the Wise → cooperatesWith → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Governance Architecture → worksWith → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights → monitoringBody → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
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Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → partOf → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
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Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → jurisdiction → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role) → relationshipWith → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Union institutional system → hasComponent → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
PAP → associatedWith → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
subject surface form: Pan-African Parliament
African Union Assembly → oversees → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ