also suppmtiv e of effo1ts to internationalise hwnnn rights and develop the regional human rights system as a complementary layer. 42 89. Accordin g to the Committe e, Article 5 (I) (e) of the Court Protocol should therefore be interpreted holistically to include it as having standing before U1e Court. It submits that the intention to grant it standing before the Court is demonstrated by Article 30 (c) of the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights adopted on J July 2008, which grants the Committee direct access to the Court. There is, therefore, the need to interpret the provisions of Uus Protocol in the spirit of lhis evolving context. 90. The Committt!e submits that a purposive reading of Article 5 (J) (e) of the Court Protocol in line with Article 4 (1) of Lhe Children' s Charter leads to the conclusio n that the Committe e qualifies to submit cases to the African Cowt. This approach, the Committe e adds, would mirror U1e object and purpose of the Court Protocol, which is to strengthen the Afi·ican human rights system. 43 91. Making its observations on this limb of the Request, the Commiss ion observes, first, that the framing of this question by the Committe e 'presuppo ses that the Conunittee is "an African Intergovernmental Organisa tion".' It goes on to argue that 'whereas the Committe e is an African organisation, the Commission opines that it is not an "intergovcmmental" one'. The Commiss ion goes on to assert that 'even though the Committee it is an African treaty organisation, it is not an "intergove1nmental" organisation. 44 H is as suggested above simply an •a Juma (n 26 above) ' ' Viljoen (n 13 above) 407. L4 For Example. the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) provided for under Art 14 of the Charter of the Assooalion of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN Charter) AICHR Is, as. the name Indicates an "tnlergovernme ntal'' organtsatlon. Its composition (membership) as prescribed under Article 5.1 of the Terms of Reference of lhe ASEAN Intergovernmental Commiss1on for Human Rights Is "member stales of ASEAN" l l@?_ 1 27