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Lady Justice Imani Aboud Re-elected President of the African Court for another Term of Two Years

The African Court Coalition congratulates Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud for being re-elected President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for the second term. The Coalition also congratulates Honourable Justice Sacko Modibo from Mali who has been elected Vice President of the Court.Honourable Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud from Tanzania was re-elected...

AFRICAN COURT COALITION INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

AFRICAN COURT COALITION INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME The Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court Coalition/the Coalition) Internship Programme is designed to give opportunities to highly motivated students and young graduates with diverse backgrounds to work with our organization in order to learn and improve their technical and analytical skills. They also get...

CALL FOR PAPERS: AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS YEARBOOK VOLUME 7 (2023)

BACKGROUND TO THE YEARBOOK The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court), the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the Committee) are pleased to announce the call for papers for the seventh volume of the African Human...

THE OPENING OF THE JUDICIAL YEAR OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES` RIGHTS.

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights held its second solemn ceremony yesterday, 20 February 2023 to mark the official opening of its 2023 Judicial Year.  This year’s ceremony under the theme "Integrating the jurisprudence of regional and international human rights mechanisms into national systems” was held at the African Court premises in Arusha,...

AFRICAN COURT COALITION PARTICIPATION TO THE TANZANIA CSOs WEEK

The African Court Coalition participated in the Tanzania annual CSOs week in Arusha, Tanzania from 24-28 October 2022. The CSOs Week is the largest gathering of civil society organizations in Tanzania that offers an opportunity to engage with multi-sectoral actors for purposes of enhancing relations and partnerships geared at bolstering civil society’s engagement in Tanzania’s...

African Court Coalition Presentations on the Rights of Women and Engagement with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Mary Kimemia ~ Legal Equality, Africa - Day 1 Mary Kimemia ~ Legal Equality, Africa - Day 3, Part 2. Promotion of women’s rights in Africa: Key Principles, Day 1. - Dr. Ruth Nekura.   Mary Kimemia ~ Legal Equality, Africa - Day 3, Part 1. Eric Binzimana, Other ways to engage the African Court day 3 Introduction to Strategic litigation:...

African Court Coalition Updates

In line with its Constitutional mandate to advocate for both the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the merged Court, the African Court Coalition is currently undertaking advocacy for the ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (the Malabo...