Tanzania Can Protest but Retain Its Court Membership

editorial

In a development that is as puzzling as it is disturbing, it emerged this week that Tanzania has withdrawn from the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR); a charter it ratified in March 2010.

The actual notice of withdrawal was quietly served on the Secretary General of the African Union mid-November.

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