{"id":1658,"date":"2018-11-30T05:06:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T05:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sw-themes.com\/porto_dummy\/elementor\/classic-original\/?page_id=1658"},"modified":"2021-08-07T23:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T20:43:39","slug":"african-court-composition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africancourtcoalition.org\/pt\/african-court-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"African Court Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1658\" class=\"elementor elementor-1658\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-331a8d00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"331a8d00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-750c2293\" data-id=\"750c2293\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ec8d1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47ec8d1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mb-2\"><strong class=\"font-weight-extra-bold\">Composition<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"font-weight-normal\">of the Court<\/span><\/h2><p>The Court consists of <em>11 Judges<\/em>. At least <em>seven Judges<\/em> shall consider a case.<\/p><p>Nationals of the 53 member states of the African Union can be judges of the Court. The AU guidelines on nominations and elections of judges state that the court should have the following number of judges for each region of Africa: Eastern (2), Northern (2), Central (2), Western (3) and Southern region (2). No two judges can be from the same country.<\/p><p>The Assembly of Heads of State and Government must ensure that there is a balance between men and women on the Court. Unfortunately the first bench was composed of two women and nine men.<\/p><p>The Court elects its own president and vice-president. The president of the Court serves on a full-time basis. The other judges serve on a part-time basis.<\/p><p>The Court shall appoint a registrar and other staff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-462da47\" data-id=\"462da47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90af348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90af348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africancourtcoalition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/output-onlinepngtools-11.png\" title=\"output-onlinepngtools (11)\" alt=\"output-onlinepngtools (11)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f6ccf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f6ccf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f99c61\" data-id=\"2f99c61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c30deb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c30deb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mb-2\"><strong class=\"font-weight-extra-bold\">Qualification<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"font-weight-normal\">of the Court<\/span><\/h2><p>Court judges should be jurists of high moral character, and should have recognised practical, judicial and academic experience in the field of human and peoples\u2019 rights.<\/p><p>The judges that compose the Court should have experience in one of the following legal traditions: civil, common, Islamic, and African customary law. Judges must also have experience in human and peoples\u2019 rights.<\/p><p>The Assembly of Heads of State and Government must ensure that there is a balance between men and women on the Court. Unfortunately the first bench was composed of two women and nine men.<\/p><p>The Court elects its own president and vice-president. The president of the Court serves on a full-time basis. The other judges serve on a part-time basis.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Court shall appoint a registrar and other staff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b705f6\" data-id=\"7b705f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a082f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a082f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africancourtcoalition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/judge-gavel-1461966256udE.jpg\" title=\"judge-gavel-1461966256udE\" alt=\"judge-gavel-1461966256udE\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composition\u00a0of the Court The Court consists of 11 Judges. At least seven Judges shall consider a case. Nationals of the 53 member states of the African Union can be judges of the Court. 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