CHAPTER Ill
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 8
Nomenclature
In the Protocol and the Statute wherever it occurs “African Court of Justice and
Human
Rights” is deleted and replaced with “African Court of Justice and Human
and Peoples’ Rights.”
Article 9
Signature, Ratification and Accession
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This Protocol and the Statute annexed to it shall be open for signature,
2.
The instruments of ratification or accession to this Protocol and the Statute
annexed to it shall be deposited with the Chairperson of the Commission.
3.
Any Member State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its
instrument of ratification or accession, or at any time thereafter, make a
declaration accepting the competence of the Court to receive cases under
ratification or accession by Member
respective constitutional procedures.
States,
in
accordance
with
their
Article 30 (f).
Article 10
Depository Authority
Als
This Protocol and the Statute annexed to it, drawn up in four (4) original
texts in the Arabic, English, French and Portuguese languages, all four (4)
texts being equally authentic,
shall be deposited with the Chairperson
the Commission, who shall transmit
Government of each Member State.
2.
a
certified
true
copy
to
of
the
The Chairperson of the Commission, shall notify all Member States of the
dates of deposit of the instruments of ratification or accession, and shall,
upon
the
entry
into force
of this
Secretariat of the United Nations.
Protocol,
register
the
same
with
the