or more] 'sovereign' states as '(1) is a formal entity, (2) has [tlu·ec t secretariat or other indication members, and (3) possesses a permanen rs and/or pen nan ent sta ff. of institutionalisation such as headquarte component of this definition requires According io the Committee, Lhe first ally must be formed by an intetnation that intergovernmental organisations an 21 tee fits, because it is established by mH Com the ich wh ty, trea ised ogn rec ·ican Ch ildr en' s Charter, ratified by 41 Afr the ty: trea d ize ogn rec ally tion rna inte 63. Union Me mb er States. stly meets the second requirement, as nife ma it t tha s mit sub tee unH Con 64 . The 1s c01nposed of eleven members from it t tha in es stat er mb me two n tha re it has mo manent secretariat based in Elhiopia. eleven different countries and has a per e submits that it qualifies as an itte mm Co the , ent um arg ng goi for the 65. Fro m 22 rt. Cou the to es cas mit sub to d itle ent , African intergovernmental organization Republic of Kenya argued, as U1e t, ues Req the on ns atio erv obs 66. ln its es uld be given access to the Court for cas indicated above, that the Con11Dittee sho and ldren's rights in line wit h the object concerning serious violations of chi ts is to strengthen the Afi·ican human righ purpose of the Co urt Protocol which an submitted that the C01runittee lS system., For its part, Senegal 'the other hand, Gabo11 asserted that the intergovernmental organization. On the the s for any alle ged cas es of violation of Co mm itte e is .... ent itle d to see k redres rights of the Child'. 2 ' As above Rights Law m Afnca (2012) 434. Includes F ViiJoen International Human n Scholarly support for this position 18