African Court on Human and People's Rights Stories

The 11-member panel of judges similarly elected Lady Justice Bensaoula Chafika of Algeria to replace Justice Sacko as Vice President.

The successful candidates will replace Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud of Tanzania and Justice Modibo Sacko of Mali, whose respective terms as President...

This will be the first time the African Court exercises its advisory powers on climate change, an issue increasingly recognised not just as an environ...

They are additionally subjected to extreme forms of violence that include killings, abductions, mutilations and infanticide.

The court’s original orders mandated dialogue and consultations between the Kenyan government and the Ogiek to resolve disputes over land use.