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"The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR - 'Court') was operationalized in July 2006 with the swearing-in of the first eleven judges. In December 2009 it pronounced its first judgment. The institutional development of the Court faces numerous challenges that derive from the legal framework under which the Court operates, the complexity of the human rights protection mechanisms in Africa, and, on a daily basis, the shortcomings of technical infrastructure. The primary future challenges for the Court are to attain more visibility and receive more cases." (author's abstract)

The African Court on Human & Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR -- "Court") was operationalized in July 2006 with the swearing-in of the first eleven judges. In December 2009 it pronounced its first judgment. The institutional development of the Court faces numerous challenges that derive from the legal framework under which the Court operates, the complexity of the human rights protection mechanisms in Africa, and, on a daily basis, the shortcomings of technical infrastructure. The primary future challenges for the Court are to attain more visibility & receive more cases. Adapted from the source document.

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This article scrutinizes the participation of NGOs in advisory proceedings of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Contrary to its regional counterparts, the Court allows NGOs to petition for advisory opinions. In addition, NGOs can contribute to its advisory proceedings as amici curiae. Surprisingly, the Court has only delivered two advisory opinions requested by an NGO within the last 15 years. Moreover, the rate of amici interventions by NGOs in this Court's advisory cases has been exceptionally infrequent. This article views that the less productive use of ACtHPR's advisory function by NGOs is a loss to the African human rights system and is attributable not only to the Court itself but also to NGOs and State parties to the ACtHPR. It also holds that amici NGOs have been very instrumental to advisory proceedings and having greater participation of amici NGOs would provide concrete benefits to the proceedings.

The emergence of regional human rights systems depicts one of the greatest achievements in the internationalization of human rights. The foundation of the charter paved the way for the birth of the court thereafter. The African Court is established by virtue of the 1998 protocol to the Charter and the court is built upon an arsenal of protective and remedial techniques. The establishment of the court has reset the stage and created a new platform for the protection of human rights in Africa. The cardinal objective of the paper is to investigate the role of African Court on human and Peoples' rights protection in Libya Crises taking the case of Saif Al Islam Gaddafi. The paper has utilized qualitative methodology. The government of Libya responded with brutal force against civilian protesters in contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law. The security force of the government of Libya killed many protesters as well. This situation intensified human rights violations and enforced many of the peoples to displace. The court issued an important ruling in March 2011, ordering provisional measures against Libya in the armed conflict in its territory. Libyan government denied the claims of human rights violations in its territory and showed its willingness to subject itself to criminal investigations by the Court if necessary. The issue of the fund, independence, commitment and competence of judges to interpret mandate and jurisdiction, the willingness of the states to support and to abide by court decisions, and powers of the concerned body to enforce court decisions hampered the court from being effective. Generally, unless African States act in good faith with respect to the decisions of the African Human Rights Court, the court becomes no more significant.

Der Afrikanische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte und die Rechte der Völker wurde 1998 als erster regionaler Gerichtshof zum Schutz der Menschenrechte in Afrika errichtet. Er wurde als Ergänzung zur Afrikanischen Kommission der Menschenrechte und der Rechte der Völker gesehen um die Anwendung der Afrikanischen Charta der Menschenrechte und der Rechte der Völker zu verbessern. Mit seiner Errichtung kamen auch viele Erwartungen und Aussichten in wissenschaftlicher Literatur und der öffentlichen Meinung auf dass diese Entwicklung den unzureichenden Schutz der Menschenrechte in Afrika verbessern wird. Diese Diplomarbeit gibt einen Überblick über die historische Entwicklung des Gerichtshofes, seine Position im Afrikanischen Menschenrechtsschutzregime und seine Beziehung zur Afrikanischen Kommission. Weiters wird seine Gerichtsbarkeit, seine Organisation und die bisherigen rechtskräftigen Urteile beschrieben. Auch wird die geplante Zusammenlegung mit dem Afrikanischem Gerichtshof der Afrikanischen Union und dessen Auswirkungen auf das Gebiet der Menschenrechte in Afrika diskutiert. Der letzte Teil dieser Arbeit bezieht sich auf die entstandenen Erwartungen in den Gerichtshof, ob diese bis heute erfüllt wurden, ob sie sich verändert haben oder ob sich neue entwickelt haben. Ein Blick in die Zukunft gibt eine Übersicht über die kommenden Probleme und Chancen für den Gerichtshof. ; The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights was created in 1998 as the first regional Court regarding the protection of human rights in Africa. The Court was foreseen as a complement to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights to strengthen the implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. With its creation, many prospects and expectations in scientific literature and public opinion arose that this development would bring the inadequate protection of human rights in Africa on to a higher standard. This diploma thesis gives an overview over the historical development of the African Court, its position in the African human rights system and its relation to the African Commission. The jurisdiction of the Court, how it is organized and the so far finalised judgments are described. This thesis also discusses the planned merger with the African Court of Justice of the African Union and how it will affect the field of human rights in Africa. The last part focuses on the expectations of the African Court, if they have been fulfilled until today or have they changed and did others came up. An outlook into the future gives an overview of what will be the upcoming problems and opportunities for the Court. ; vorgelegt von Peter Dohr ; Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Diplomarbeit, 2016 ; (VLID)1255508

Africa has been struggling for years to establish a mechanism of human rights protection comparable to other international and regional mechanisms. Illiteracy and the low standards of economic development and social welfare, especially in rural areas, as well as the absence of financial resources were certainly not the best grounds to build on. Moreover, as Nmehielle notes, the creation of a human rights mechanism in Africa was equally hinged on other questions, more controversial ones, such as the existence of the concept of 'law' and 'rights' in pre-colonial Africa.1 In this respect, a Western-style mechanism of human rights protection would be naturally perceived with suspicion, as a form of foreign intervention.