2010 Rules of Procedure of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

Rule 24 Appointment of the Other Staff of the Registry

• Paragraph 1
  Other staff members of the Registry shall be appointed by the Court under such terms and conditions as it shall determine in accordance with the norms of the African Union. Appointments to such other positions as the Court shall determine may, however, be made by the Registrar with the approval of the President.


• Paragraph 2
  Upon assumption of duty, every staff member shall take the following oath/make the following declaration before the President, in the presence of the Registrar: “I …. (full names of official) swear/solemnly declare that I will discharge the duties incumbent upon me as an official of the Registry of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights with all loyalty, discretion and good conscience; that I will preserve the confidentiality of the information to which I have access in the exercise or due to the exercise of my functions, and that I will faithfully observe all the provisions of the Protocol and of the Rules of the Court.”