Tema Jan. 28, GNA – The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights says ongoing socio-political developments on the continent demand urgent rebuilding of institutional trust.
Justice Imani Daud Aboud, President of the African Court, said it was therefore going to make this a priority agenda.
“Rebuilding and deepening institutional trust both in the eyes of the public and African Union (AU) Member States will be one of the focus areas of the African Court this year.
“Institutions such as the African Court have proved in the past years that they can bring a significant contribution to achieving regional integration and human development.”
This is contained in a document made available to the Ghana News Agency in Tema.
Justice Aboud called for African governments to renew their commitment to the continental court, to enable it to respond to challenges of the times.
She noted that the court could make tremendous contribution to resolving the democracy crisis, facing the continent, adding that human rights justice was at the centre of the debate on current threats to democratisation in Africa.
“There is a growing general concern that human rights will be the primary victims of a new global trend of unconstitutional changes of government and relapse to the authoritarian past.”
That was why the African Court was going to assume the huge task of delivering human rights justice in a regional environment impacted by the global democracy crisis.
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