= ————__——_ “Full Court” means joint Court; sitting of the General Affairs and Human Rights Sections of the “Human Rights Section” means the Human and Peoples’ Rights Section of the Court; “Judge” means a judge of the Court; “Member State” means a Member State of the Union; “National Human Rights Institutions” means public institutions established by a state to promote and protect human rights; | | | “President” means the President of the Court elected in accordance with Article 22(1) of the Statute; | “Protocol” means the Protocol to the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights; _ “Registrar” means the person appointed as such in accordance with Article 22 (4) of the Statute; “Rules” means the Rules of the Court; | “Section” means the General Affairs or the Human Rights Section of the Court; | “Senior Judge” means the person defined as such in the Rules of Court; | “States _ Protocol; Parties” means Member States, which have ratified or acceded to this _| “Statute” means the present Statute; | “Union” means the African Union established by the Constitutive Act; _ “Vice President” means the Vice President of the Court elected in accordance with _ Article 22 (1) of the Statute. j Article 2 Functions of the Court i 1. The African Court of Justice and Human Rights shall be the main judicial organ of _ the African Union. | } 2. The Court shall be constituted and function in accordance with the provisions of the present Statute. | Fe ree enh — ———— |