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The International Court of Justice as the main judicial body of the United Nations has had several occasions to rule on human rights aspects. It did so in an advisory manner, but also in legal proceedings. Thus, in its numerous decisions, it had the opportunity to point out that respect for human rights is an international obligation binding on all States. In the context of the Court's interventions in the field of human rights, a number of assessments can be made as to their impact both on States, on international organisations and institutions or on the international community in general. Therefore, what assessment can we make of the role of the International Court of Justice in protecting human rights? I shall therefore first reflect on the effectiveness of its action in the light of international law and then consider the limits of its intervention in the field of human rights. ; International audience ; The International Court of Justice as the main judicial body of the United Nations has had several occasions to rule on human rights aspects. It did so in an advisory manner, but also in legal proceedings. Thus, in its numerous decisions, it had the opportunity to point out that respect for human rights is an international obligation binding on all States. In the context of the Court's interventions in the field of human rights, a number of assessments can be made as to their impact both on States, on international organisations and institutions or on the international community in general. Therefore, what assessment can we make of the role of the International Court of Justice in protecting human rights? I shall therefore first reflect on the effectiveness of its action in the light of international law and then consider the limits of its intervention in the field of human rights. ; La Cour internationale de justice en qualité d'organe judiciaire principal des Nations Unies a eu l'occasion à plusieurs reprises de se prononcer sur des aspects touchant aux droits de l'homme. Elle l'a fait par voie ...

Executive Council Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session 7 – 8 February 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ; The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Court) was established in terms of Article 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 (hereinafter referred to as "the Protocol"), adopted on 9 June 1998, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, by the then Organization of African Unity (OAU). The Protocol entered into force on 25 January 2004. The Court became operational in 2006 and is composed of eleven (11) Judges elected by the Executive Council and appointed by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union. The Seat of the Court is in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania. Article 31 of the Protocol mandates the Court to "…submit to each regular session of the Assembly, a report on its work. The report shall specify, in particular, the cases in which a State has not complied with the Court's judgment.