The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) is a regional court that was 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 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Establishing the AfCHPR. 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.
Read more about African Court On Human And Peoples' Rights: Functions, Location, Election of Judges, Judgements, Composition of The Court, Former Judges, Planned Merger With The African Court of Justice
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