General Assembly
The General Assembly is the highest policy-making body which meets every three years to elect the Executive Committee and Focal Points.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee comprising of nine members, provides guidance on policy and strategic advocacy to the Secretariat and oversight on activities.
The current Executive Committee consists of the following member organisations: -
- International Commission of Jurists - Kenya Section (Chairperson)
- Rencontre Africaine pour la Defénse des Droits de l’Homme (Deputy Chairperson)
- Alliances for Africa
- Centre des Droits de l’Homme et du Développement
- East Africa Law Society
- Southern Africa Litigation Centre
- Sudan Human Rights Monitor
- Tanganyika Law Society
- Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
Focal Points
There are five geographical Focal Points of Africa, namely East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, North Africa and two thematic focal points, namely National Human Rights Institutions and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Focal points, in addition to attending events at AU level, will also attend summits and pre-summit civil society activities of the Regional Economic Communities in order to raise awareness on the African Court, to recruit members from the subregion and raise key issues relating to the protection of human and peoples' rights.
The current Focal Points are as follows: -
- Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, Cairo, Egypt (North Africa)
- Associação Justiça, Paz e Democracia, Luanda, Angola (Portuguese-speaking countries)
- Association de Droits de l’Homme et l’Univers Carcéral, Brazzaville, Congo (Central Africa)
- Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Kampala, Uganda (East Africa)
- Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, Banjul, the Gambia (National human rights institutions)
- Legal Defence and Assistance Project, Lagos, Nigeria (West Africa)
- Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Harare, Zimbabwe (Southern Africa).
Sub-Committees
Finance and Administration Sub-Committee:
- East Africa Law Society
- Tanganyika Law Society
Membership Sub-Committee:
- Alliances for Africa
- Centre de Droits de l’Homme et du Devéloppement
Legal Affairs Sub-Committee:
- Egyptian Intiative for Personal Rights
- Southern Africa Litigation Centre
Secretariat
The Secretariat which is based in Arusha, Tanzania, is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Coalition.
The Focal Points and the Secretariat constitute the implementing arm of the Coalition.
The Secretariat has admitted interns to assist with various tasks and compiling the newsletter. This is an important programme in ensuring that the Coalition maintains a “lean” and effective office and also to expose young people to the work of Coalition and the African Court.
Members of the African Court Coalition Executive Committee and Focal Point representatives in Arusha, Tanzania in September 2009. (Copyright François Godbout)
Constitution and Strategic Plan
The Coalition's Constitution was adopted and the organisation was formally registered as an NGO in Tanzania in September 2007.
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