CHAPTER II
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 5
Term of Office of the Judges of the African Court
on Human and Peoples’ Rights
In Article 4 (Term
of Office of the Judges
of the African
Court on
Human
and Peoples’ Rights), replace the existing provision including its title, with:
“Article 4
Term of Office of the Judges of the African Court
on Human and Peoples’ Rights
4.
Upon
the coming
into force of the Protocol on the Statute of the African
Court of Justice and Human Rights, the terms and appointment of the
Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights shall
terminate.
2
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the Judges of the African Court on
Human and Peoples’ Rights shall remain in office until the judges of the
African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights are sworn in.
Article 6
Pending Cases
At the entry into force of this Protocol, where any matter affecting any State had
already been commenced before either the African Court on Human and
Peoples’ Rights or the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, if in force,
such a matter shall be continued before the relevant Section of the African Court
of Justice and Human
made by the Court.
and Peoples’ Rights, pursuant to such
Rules as may be
Article 6bis
Temporary Jurisdiction
At the entry into force of this Protocol, until a Member State ratifies it, any
jurisdiction which has hitherto been accepted by such Member State with respect
to either the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights or the African Court of
Justice and Human Rights shall be exercisable by this Court.