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    The document discusses several international and regional courts that protect human rights: 1) The International Court of Justice protects states' rights but only states can bring cases before it. 2) The European Court of Human Rights, established in 1959, enforces the European Convention on Human Rights and handles cases between citizens and member states on civil and political rights. 3) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, formed in 1979, enforces the American Convention on Human Rights for the Organization of American States regarding procedural protections and substantive rights guarantees. 4) The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, created in 2004, oversees the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights for the African

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    Human Rights

    By Dr. SARAH AL GHORAB


    WS 2021 ©
    Lecture 6
    Today’s agenda

    Regional and International courts


    THINK !

    Which international courts protect HRs


    Note that..

    The primary responsibility for ensuring


    prosecution for serious international crimes
    and other gross violations of human rights
    lies with Member States.
    International court of Justice (ICJ)
    -Established by the Charter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ
    of the United Nations.

    -Fifteen members, no two of whom may be nationals of the same state.

    - Article 34: COMPETENCE OF THE COURT: Only states may be parties in cases before
    the Court
    Regional protection
    Focus on:
    European Court of Human Rights
    Inter-American Court of Human Rights
    African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    ECtHR
    1949 Creation of the Council of Europe (CoE)
    1950: Adoption of European Convention on Human Rights
    (ECHR) (entry into force 1953)
    Established European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) in
    Strasbourg 1959
    ECHR: entails procedural provisions and substantive HR
    guarantees
    ECtHR
    Procedural law:
    Jurisdiction over citizens and residents in territory of MS
    Party to claim: Inter-State or Individual complaint
    Substantive law: Civil/political rights & freedoms
    Right to life, fair hearing, private and family life, freedom of
    expression, thought, conscience and religion, protection of property
    Prohibition of torture, inhumane treatment, slavery, forced labor,
    death penalty, arbitrary detention, discrimination.
    IACtHR
    Organization of American States (OAS) initiated adoption of
    Inter-American Convention on Human Rights (IACHR) 1969
    (entered into force 1978)
    Established Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) in
    San José, CostaRica,1979
    IACHR: entails procedural provisions and substantive HR
    guarantees.
    ACtHPR
    Organization of African Unity (AU) adopted Charter on Human
    and People’s Rights (ACHPR) or Banjul Charter 1981 (entered
    into force 1986)
    Has 53 MS
    Established African Courton Human and Peoples’ Rights
    (ACtHPR) in Arusha,Tanzania,in 2004
    See you next week

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