Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights

E162664

The Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a senior judicial officer who assists the Court’s President in leading this continental human rights tribunal and overseeing its judicial and administrative functions.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
leadership position ⓘ
position in an international court ⓘ
appointedBy judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
assists President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization African Union ⓘ
basedOn Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
cooperatesWith President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
Registrar of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
other judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
createdBy Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
dutyStation seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
electedFrom among the judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
goal effective functioning of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa ⓘ
jurisdiction African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
legalFramework African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
locatedIn Arusha, Tanzania ⓘ
memberOf Bureau of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
officeType full-time judicial office ⓘ
partOf African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
rank second-highest judicial officer of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
reportsTo President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
requiresCitizenshipOf member state of the African Union ⓘ
requiresQualification high moral character ⓘ
qualification for highest judicial offices in home state ⓘ
recognized competence in human and peoples’ rights ⓘ
responsibleFor acting for the President when the President is unable to act ⓘ
assisting in leadership of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
participating in allocation of judicial work of the Court ⓘ
participating in management of Court sessions ⓘ
participating in oversight of the Registry of the Court ⓘ
supporting administrative functions of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
supporting judicial functions of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
selectionMethod election by secret ballot of the judges of the Court ⓘ
termLength two years as Vice-President ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ
worksLanguage official languages of the African Union ⓘ
worksOn human rights cases ⓘ
interpretation of other relevant human rights instruments ratified by African states ⓘ
interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights → hasVicePresident → Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
Plenary of Judges → oversees → Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in institutional matters ⓘ
linked to: Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Bureau of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights → hasMember → Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ