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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
African Court	1
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights	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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 Union → hasJudicialBody → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ

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 ⓘ

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights → shortName → African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Court