In July 2004, just months after the Protocol for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) entered into force, the African Union initiated procedures to merge this court with its newly adopted African Court of Justice (ACJ). However, the Protocol and Statute of the combined court – adopted as the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) – cannot enter into force until 30 days after the deposit of the instrument of ratification by 15 Member States. To date only 3 of the 53 Member States have ratified the ‘merged court’ ACJHR Protocol. Meanwhile, the separate courts of the ACtHPR and the ACJ continue to develop slowly as individual entities. Read more... |
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The applications by Urban Mkandawire and Prof Efoua Mbozo’o to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) both concerned complaints by public servants regarding the termination of their employment contracts. Read more... |
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On 3 February, in anticipation of the cases against Saif Gaddafi and Laurent Gbagbo, the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, presents a panel discussion with Jacques Verges, Martti Koskenniemi, Nabila Ramdani, Robert Murtfield and Polina Levina. Read more... |
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In an unprecedented move, on 25 March 2011 the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the “ACtHPR”) ordered provisional measures against Libya in the case of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Read more... |
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ICDL Annual Meeting – "Defence Counsel at the International Criminal Tribunals". Read more... |
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On 18 May 2011, the African Court on Human and People’s Rights (“ACHPR”) received an application from Mr. Youssef Abadou brought against the Kingdom of Morocco Read more... |
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On 2 June 2011, the Tanganyika Law Society (“Tanganyika”) and the Legal and Human Rights Centre (the “LHRC”) submitted an application to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“ACtHPR”). Read more... |
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The French parliament has passed a bill to criminalise denial of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War.
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Arc’s project director, Gillian Higgins, is being assisted by Barrie Sander, Ben Joyes, Marie O’Leary and Andrew Smith. Read more... |
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Last week, Laurent Gbagbo made history. He became the first former president to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC), following the issuance of a sealed indictment on 23 November 2011. Read more... |
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‘The International Criminal Court is being used as an instrument to carry out regime change with a smoke screen of human rights protection’. This is an extract from the Russia Today article above about Western policy in Syria possibly igniting WWIII. Read more... |
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ARC hopes to assist in developing a vibrant and meaningful practice before the Court for the benefit of all concerned.
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In a week where the UN Committee against Torture has called on Senegal to comply with its obligation to prosecute or extradite Chad’s exiled dictator, Hissène Habré (see here), in this post I take a look back at the first judgment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (“ACHPR”), Yogogombaye v. Senegal, which concerned a petition filed by Michelot Yogogombaye calling for the dismissal of the charges pending in Senegal against Mr. Habré Read more... |
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Writing in Foreign Policy Magazine last week, Gareth Evans, former Australian foreign minister and currently president emeritus of the International Crisis Group, declared the ‘end of the argument’ in the debate about stopping genocide and other state-committed atrocities. Read more... |
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On 20 February 2011, an application was received by the Registry of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) submitted by Mr Youssef Ababou who alleged that his son, Mr Soufiane Ababou, (the “Applicant”) had been forced to join the military in Algeria against his will. The details of the application as summarised by the ACHPR can be found here. Read more... |
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Under Article 5(1) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (the “Protocol”), the following are entitled to submit cases to the ACHPR Read more... |
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Toby Cadman of 9 Bedford Row International appeared on behalf of the Requesting Judicial Authority of Zielona Gora Poland in an extradition appeal before the Administrative Court Read more... |
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On 19 November, 9BRi held its annual conference on international law. The speakers addressed the audience on current topics in international law, including the ICC Confirmation of Charges Hearing in the case of Muthaura et al; the death and torture of Sergei Magnitsky; the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh; and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Read more... |
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On Thursday, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), declared that Ieng Thirith, the 78-year-old former minister of social affairs in the Khmer Rouge regime, was "not fit to stand trial” on the grounds of her dementia. Read more... |
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