CONCEPT NOTEThe Role of the African Court in the Protection of Human Rights in AfricaThe Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Court Coalition) invites applications from human rights Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and legal practitioners in Africa to participate in a sensitization webinar on the Role of...
On Tuesday 12 November 2024, after the opening of its 75th Ordinary Session, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights will hold a Compliance Hearing in Application No 006/2012- African Commission on Human and People’s Rights v Republic of Kenya, famously known as the Ogiek Case. The compliance hearing will be open for the public to attend.The...
GIZ AFRICAN UNION AWARE PROJECT AND RWI REGIONAL PROGRAMME NAIROBI IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AFRICAN COURT COALITION ORGANIZE AN IDEATION WORKSHOP TO STRENGTHEN STRATEGIC LITIGATION ON WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS IN THE AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM LE PROJET AWARE DE LA GIZ ET DE L’UNION AFRICAINE ET LE PROGRAMME RWI DE NAIROBI EN COLLABORATION AVEC LA...
FREE MEMBERSHIP FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO JOIN THE AFRICAN COURT COALITIONThe Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Court Coalition) is a membership organization formed with a key purpose to advocate for an effective, independent and accessible African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in order to provide redress...
ADVOCACY FOR THE DEPOSIT OF ARTICLE 34(6) DECLARATION BY THE DRCOn Wednesday 21 August 2024, in Arusha, Tanzania, the Coalition met with the Deputy Minister, Hon. Samuel MBEMBA KABUYA, from the Ministry of Justice and Keeper of Seal of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Hon. Jean Pierre Massala, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary &...
LIBERIA’S COMMITMENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE AFRICAN COURT PROTOCOL The Government of the Republic of Liberia has committed to ratifying the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Court Protocol), and depositing of the Declaration to allow...
ENGLISH FRENCH PORTUGUESE ENGLISH ARUSHA INITIATIVE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO IDENTIFY EXPERTS FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS TO THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS Arusha, March 28, 2024 – The African Human Rights Mechanisms Nomination and Selection Initiative, also known as ‘the Arusha Initiative,’ announced a campaign to help identify qualified candidates ahead of the upcoming elections to the African Court...
Arusha, February 21, 2024 Civil society organizations and National Human Rights Institutions engaging with the African Union (AU) human rights mechanisms call for greater transparency in the nominations and selection of its members, and a more inclusive and participatory process. This call is especially applicable to the July 2024 elections to fill three vacancies at the...
The Coalition Participates in the Opening of the 2024 Judicial Year of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Judges and officials of the African Court with the Guest of Honour, Hon. Justin B.N Muturi, Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya (seated in the middle), and other stakeholders during the Opening Ceremony of the...
