Coalition for an Effective African Court

Ratification Status of the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights established by the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union established by the Constitutive Act of the African Union, were merged into a single Court and established as "The African Court of Justice and Human Rights" by the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights.

The Protocol was adopted at the AU Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on 1 July 2008. 

The Protocol and the Statute annexed to it shall enter into force thirty (30) days after the deposit of the instruments of ratification by fifteen (15) Member States. Only three (3) States, namely Libya, Mali and Burkina Faso, has ratified the protocol by August 2010 . 

List of countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights:

# of Countries = 53 | # of Signature = 22 | # of Ratification = 3 | # of Deposit = 3

Source: African Union - 06/08/2010

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