Efforts to reinstate the Southern African human rights court have been rewarded with an important breakthrough, after Africa's top human rights body agreed to consider the case.
The African Commission was approached last month over the suspension of the regional human rights Tribunal by Southern African leaders last year. The SADC heads of state had agreed to review the roles and functions of the court, after it ruled against Robert Mugabe and his land grab campaign. In effect the regional leaders' refused to bring Mugabe to order over his contempt of the Tribunal and instead suspended the court.
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