RECALLING their commitment to take all necessary measures COGNIZANT of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human to strengthen their common institutions and to endow them with the necessary powers and resources to carry out their missions effectively; and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, and the commitments contained in the Solemn Declaration on the gender equality in Africa (Assembly/AU/Decl.12 (Ill) adopted by the Assembly of the Union respectively at its Second and Third ordinary sessions held in July 2003 and 2004, in Maputo, Mozambique and in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia); Convinced that that the present Protocol shall supplement the mandate and efforts of other continental treaty bodies as well as national institutions in protecting human rights: HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: CHAPTER | MERGER OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE AFRICAN UNION Article 1 Replacement of the 1998 and 2003 Protocols The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Protocol of the Court of Justice Maputo, Mozambique, are hereby as its integral part hereto, subject and Peoples’ Rights, adopted on 10 June 1998 in which entered into force on 25 January 2004, and the of the African Union, adopted on 11 July 2003 in replaced by the present Protocol and Statute annexed to the provisions of Article 5, 7 and 9 of this Protocol. Article 2 Establishment of a single Court The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights established by the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union established by the Constitutive Act of the African Union, are hereby merged into a single Court and established as “The African Court of Justice and Human Rights”. Article 3 Reference to the single Court in the Constitutive Act References made to the “Court of Justice” in the Constitutive Act of the African Union shall be read as references to the “African Court of Justice and Human Rights” established under Article 2 of this Protocol.