African Court on Human ans People’s Rights (AfCHPR)

P.O. Box 6274, Arusha, Tanzania, Tanzania

Phone : +255-732-97 95 09 / Fax : +255-732-97 95 03

Web site : www.african-court.org

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) was established by a Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which was adopted by Member States of the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in June 1998. The Protocol entered into force in January 2004.

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights complements the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Court has the competence to take final and binding decisions on human rights violations. Currently 25 African States have acknowledged the Court’s jurisdiction.