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Annex
Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights
Article 1
Definitions
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In Article 1 of the Statute (Definitions), the deletion from the chapeau
the words “except otherwise indicated, the following shall mean”
a:
The insertion of the following words and the definitions ascribed to them
of
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Commission;
“Child” means any person under eighteen years of age;
“Court” means the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’
Rights;
“Full Court” means the three Sections of the Court sitting together in
plenary;
“Person” means a natural or legal person;
“President” means the President of the Court unless otherwise specified;
“Section” means the General Affairs or Human and Peoples’ Rights or
International Criminal Law Section of the Court;
“Statute” means the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human and
Peoples’ Rights;
“Vice President” means the Vice President of the Court.
Article 2
Composition
In Article 3 of the Statute (Composition), add the following paragraph 4:
4.
The
Assembly
shall
representation in the Court.
ensure
that
there
is
equitable
gender
Article 3
Qualifications of Judges
Article 4 of the Statute (Qualifications of Judges) is replaced with the following:
“The Court shall be composed of impartial and independent Judges
elected from among persons of high moral character, who possess the
qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the
highest judicial offices, or are juris-consults of recognized competence and
experience
in
international
law,
international
human
international humanitarian law or international criminal law.”
rights
law,