Justice Imani Daud Aboud, outgoing AfCHPR President.
By The Arusha News Reporter
The Arusha-based African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights will commence its 77th Ordinary Session on Monday, June 2. The month-long session will include the election of a new President to lead the continental judicial body.
The incoming President will succeed Justice Imani Daud Aboud of Tanzania who has concluded her tenure, after successfully serving two consecutive two-year terms.
In addition to the election, the court is expected to deliver several key judgments during the session.
Established to safeguard human and peoples’ rights across the continent, the African Court complements the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The court was created under Article 1 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, adopted in June 1998 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, by the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The Protocol came into effect on January 25, 2004.
In operation since July 2006, the court was initially based in Addis Ababa before relocating to its permanent seat in Arusha a year later. It is composed of 11 judges, elected in their individual capacities from among nationals of African Union member states.
