Honourable Justice Modibo SackoPresident of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Honourable Lady Justice Bensaoula ChafikaVice President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has elected Honourable Justice Modibo Sacko of Mali as its new President, and Honourable...
The African Court on Human & Peoples’ Rights is set to elect its new Bureau (President and Vice President) on Monday, 2 June 2025 to succeed Hon. Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud of Tanzania and Hon. Justice Modibo Sacko of Mali, whose respective terms as President and Vice President are coming to an end. The...
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...
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...
UPCOMING NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS OF JUDGES TO THE AFRICAN COURT, JULY 2024The Executive Council of the African Union Commission is due to appoint three judges to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights during its 45th Ordinary Session scheduled to be held in July 2024. Below are the three Judges of the African Court...
