The first Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights were elected on January 22, 2006 at the Eighth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union, held in Khartoum, Sudan. The judges, hailing from 11 of the 53 member states of the African Union, are from varying backgrounds of judicial experience and knowledge of international and human rights law.
Each judge serves for a six-year term, and can be re-elected once. The President and Vice-President are elected to two-year terms and can only be re-elected once.
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Gerard Niyungeko
Gerard Niyungeko was a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, a position he was appointed to in 2006.
At the time of his election he was Professor of Law at the University of Burundi at Bujumbura. There, he holds the UNESCO Chai ...
(President)
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Modibo Tounty Guindo
Modibo Tounty Guindo is a magistrate who serves the Malian Ministry of Justice and sits on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, also known simply as the African Court, is an internation ...
(Vice-President)
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Fatsah Ouguergouz
Fatsah Ouguergouz (born 1958) is an Algerian judge born in France.
Childhood and education
He holds a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva, Switzerland).
Legal career
He has served as a judge ...
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Jean Emile Somda
Jean Emile Somda was a judge from Burkina Faso who served on the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2006-2008.Sophia A.B. Akuffo
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Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni Kellelo Justina Mafoso-Guni (born December 8, 1945 in Hlotse, Lesotho) is the first female lawyer in Lesotho, as well as a former justice of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the High Court of Lesotho (where she was the first woman ...
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Hamdi Faraj Fanoush
Hamdi Faraj Fanoush is a judge from the Libyan Jamahiriya and served as a judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2006 to 2010. He was appointed to the court in January 2006.Samuel M. Makinda, Samuel M. & Okumu, F. WafulaThe A ...
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Jean Mutsinzi
Jean Mutsinzi (5 April 1938 – 21 November 2019) is a Rwandan former jurist in the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. He was elected for a six-year term of office on 22 January 2006 at the Eighth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council ...
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El Hadj Guissé
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
African
African or Africans may refer to:
* Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa:
** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa
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