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LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED, RATIFIED/ACCEDED TO THE

PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLESRIGHTS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS
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LISTE DES PAYS QUI ONT SIGNE, RATIFIE/ADHERE

PROTOCOLE A LA CHARTE AFRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DES PEUPLES RELATIF A LA COUR AFRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ET DES PEUPLES

DATE OF/DE NO. COUNTRY/PAYS SIGNATURE 13/07/1999 22/01/2007 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 25/07/2006 04/03/2002 06/12/2004 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 15/11/2005 09/09/1999 17/02/1999 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 08/07/2003 07/07/2003 09/06/1998

DATE OF/DE RATIFICATION/ ACCESSION

DATE DEPOSITED/ DATE DE DEPOT 03/06/2003 23/02/1999 12/05/2003 21/03/2003 26/12/2003 06/10/2010 29/06/2004 15/10/1999 16/08/2005 18/02/2005 08/12/2003

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central African Rep. Cape Verde Chad Cte dIvoire Comoros Congo Djibouti Democratic Rep. of Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Guinea Kenya Libya

22/04/2003 31/12/1998 02/04/2003 07/01/2003 23/12/2003 10/08/2010 14/08/2000 30/06/1999 25/08/2004 04/02/2004 19/11/2003

2/2 11/03/2011 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Mali Malawi Mozambique Mauritania Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Niger Rwanda South Africa Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Sao Tome & Principe Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe 53 51
# of Ratification

29/10/1999 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 23/05/2003 22/03/1999 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/2004 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1999 25/07/2010 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 23/02/2006 01/02/2010 09/06/1998 07/12/2004 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 01/02/2001 09/06/1998 09/06/1998 26
# of Deposit

28/10/2003 10/05/2000 09/09/2008 17/07/2004 19/05/2005 03/03/2003 20/05/2004 17/05/2004 05/05/2003 03/07/2002 29/09/1998 07/02/2006 23/06/2003 21/08/2007 16/02/2001 -

23/12/2003 20/06/2000 09/10/2008 20/07/2004 14/12/2005 24/03/2003 09/06/2004 26/06/2004 06/05/2003 03/07/2002 30/10/1998 10/02/2006 06/07/2003 05/10/2007 06/06/2001 -

# of Countries # of Signature

26

Note:

- Adopted in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 9 June, 1998. - Entered into force on 25 January 2004.
Record Count: 53
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DECLARATIONS ENTERED BY MEMBER STATES: Article 34 of the Protocol [Ratification] stipulates that at the time of ratification of this Protocol or any time thereafter, the State shall make a declaration accepting the competence of the Court to receive cases under Article 5(3) of this Protocol. The Court shall not receive any petition under article 5(3) involving a State which has not made such a declaration. Article 5(3) states as follows: The Court may entitle relevant Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with observer status before the Commission, and individuals to institute cases directly before it, in accordance with article 34(6) of this Protocol.

The following Member States have entered a declaration in conformity with Article 34(6) as follows: Burkina Faso: The Court shall be competent to receive cases from individuals and NGOs with observer status within the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights. Accepts the competence of the Court to receive cases under Article 5(3) of the Protocol. Accepts the competence of the Court to receive cases in accordance with Article 5(3) of the Protocol. The Court may entitle Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) with observer status before the Commission and individuals to institute cases directly before it in accordance with Article 34(6) of the Protocol. However, without prejudice to Article 5(3) of the aforesaid Protocol, such entitlement is only to be granted to such NGOs and Individuals once all domestic legal remedies have been exhausted and in adherence to the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania. Accepts the competence of the Court to receive cases against the Republic of Ghana under Article 5(3) of the Protocol.

Malawi:

Mali:

Tanzania:

Ghana: