2.
The Court shall have a seal bearing the inscription “The African Court of Justice
and Human Rights”
Article 26
Budget
1.
The Court shall prepare its draft annual
Assembly through the Executive Council.
2.
budget
and
shall
submit
it to the
The budget of the Court shall be borne by the African Union.
3.
The Court shall be accountable for the execution of its budget and shall submit
report thereon to the Executive Council in conformity with the Financial Rules and
Regulations of the African Union.
Article 27
Rules of Court
1.
The Court shall adopt rules for carrying out its functions and the implementation
of the present Statute. In particular, it shall lay down its own Rules.
2.
In elaborating its Rules, the Court shall bear in mind the complementarity
maintains with the African Commission and the African Committee of Experts.
it
CHAPTER Il
COMPETENCE OF THE COURT
Article 28
Jurisdiction of the Court
The Court shall have jurisdiction over all cases and all legal disputes submitted to it in
accordance with the present Statute which relate to:
a)
the interpretation and application of the Constitutive Act;
b)
the interpretation, application or validity of other Union Treaties and
all subsidiary legal instruments adopted within the framework of the
Union or the Organization of African Unity;
c)
the interpretation and the application of the African Charter, the
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Protocol to the
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of