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The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) was 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 (the Court Protocol) which entered into force in 2004. 〔Kate Stone, African Court of Human and People's Rights (Advocates for International Development, February 2012). Legal Guide. http://a4id.org/sites/default/files/user/African%20Court%20of%20Human%20and%20People's%20Rights.pdf〕 It is a regional court created to make judgments on African Union states' compliance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. It came into being on January 25, 2004 with the ratification by fifteen member states of the Court Protocol. 〔(Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ), 9 June 1998.〕 To date, 29 of the African Union's 54 members have ratified and are parties to the Court. The AU discourages prosecution of human rights abuses in the International Criminal Court, hoping that they would be tried by the AfCHPR instead; but the AfCHPR has achieved very little. ==Functions== * Collect documents and undertake studies and researches on human and peoples’ rights matters in Africa; * Lay down rules aimed at solving the legal problems relating to human and peoples’ rights; * Ensure protection of human and peoples’ rights; and * Interpret all the provisions of the Charter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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