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

Rule 48 Verbatim Record of Hearings

• Paragraph 1
  The Registrar shall be responsible for making a verbatim record of each hearing. The verbatim record shall include the:
• Point a
  composition of the Court at the hearing;


• Point b
  list of the persons appearing before the Court;


• Point c
  text of statements made, questions put and answers given;


• Point d
  text of any decision delivered by the Court during the hearing.
• Paragraph 2
  The representatives of the parties, and the representatives of the Commission, if applicable, shall receive the verbatim record of their arguments, statements or evidence, in order that they may, under the responsibility of the Registrar, make corrections, provided that such corrections do not affect the substance of what was said. The Registrar shall fix the time-limits granted for this purpose.


• Paragraph 3
  Once corrected, the verbatim record shall be signed by the President and the Registrar; and shall then constitute a true reflection of the proceedings.