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CHAPTER IV
PROCEDURE
Article 32
Official Languages
The official and working languages of the Court shall be those of the Union.
Article 33
Institution of Proceedings before the General Affairs Section
1.
Cases brought before the Court by virtue of Article 29 of the present Statute shall
be submitted by written application addressed to the Registrar. The subject of the
dispute, the applicable law and basis of jurisdiction shall be indicated.
2.
The
concerned.
Registrar
shall
forthwith
give
notice
of the
application
to the
Parties
3.
The Registrar shall also notify, through the Chairperson of the Commission, all
Member States and, if necessary, the organs of the Union whose decisions are in
dispute.
Article 34
Institution of Proceedings before the Human Rights Section
‘Ts
Cases brought before the Court relating to an alleged violation of a human or
peoples’ right shall be submitted by a written application to the Registrar.
The
application shall indicate the right (s) alleged to have been violated, and, insofar as it is
possible, the provision or provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights, the Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Protocol to the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa or any other
relevant human rights instrument, ratified by the State concerned, on which it is based.
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The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of the
concerned, as well as the Chairperson of the Commission.
application
to
all
parties
Article 35
Provisional Measures
a
The Court shall have the power, on its own motion or on application by the
parties, to indicate, if it considers that circumstances so require any provisional
measures which ought to be taken to preserve the respective rights of the parties.