The African Union has approved a treaty to establish a regional human rights court jurisdiction over criminal as well as civil cases. But if the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR) comes into being, it will exempt sitting heads of state and other senior leaders from prosecution.
African Union (AU) states adopted a protocol on the ACJHR at a meeting in Equatorial Guinea, at the end of June. The new court will merge the existing African Court on Human and People's Rights, based in Arusha, Tanzania, with the previously proposed African Court of Justice, which only exists on paper.
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