The Fruitfulness of Article 34(6) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples` Rights on the Establishment of an ACHPR and its Bitter Pill to State Parties
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Article 34(6), African Charter on Human and Peoples, Rights, ACHPR, State PartiesAbstract
In this paper a reader will be equipped with the background of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights “ACHPR”, the relationship between ACHPR and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the deposition of Special Declaration by state parties granting direct access her nationals to the ACHPR and its effect thereto, the comparative analysis ACHPR and its sisters Courts, and the way forward.
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