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Dwudziesta rocznica utworzenia Afrykańskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka i Ludów – przegląd działalności

[The 20th Anniversary of Establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Overview of Activities]

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  • Anna Dąbrowska
Anna Dąbrowska
University of Technology and Humanities Casimir Pulaski in Radom

Published 2019-03-29

Keywords

  • international jurisdiction,
  • human rights,
  • African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
  • African human rights system
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Dwudziesta rocznica utworzenia Afrykańskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka i Ludów – przegląd działalności: [The 20th Anniversary of Establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights – Overview of Activities]. (2019). Studia Prawnicze The Legal Studies, 1 (217), 49-69. https://doi.org/10.37232/sp.2019.1.3

Abstract

The 20th anniversary of establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a good occasion to have a closer look at the activities of the youngest among the regional human rights courts functioning in the world. The aim of this paper is to present the activities undertaken by the African Court over the period 1998–2018 (from the establishment of the African Court by virtue of the Protocol to the African Charter until now) and analyse them. Our research starts with giving the facts concerning the institution establishment. They are followed by an overview of the Court’s initial organizational, administrative, judicial, advisory and extra-judicial activities.

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