African Court Digital Repository

The Digital Repository of the African Court is a comprehensive platform providing easy access to a wealth of judicial documents, case law, and legal resources relevant to the continent.

Through this repository, The Court aims to:

  • foster an informed society
  • enhance transparency
  • promote legal research and
  • support the rule of law

We invite you to explore our repository and utilize the wealth of information available

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    10 raisons d’abolir la peine de mort
    (Amnesty International, 2004)
    En 2004, 118 pays avaient aboli la peine de mort en droit ou en pratique. À l’échelle mondiale, chaque année, trois pays en moyenne abolissent la peine capitale. La tendance mondiale à l’abolition est manifeste dans toute l’Afrique où 24 pays membres de l’Union africaine sont, au 1er octobre 2004, abolitionnistes en droit ou en pratique. Voici dix raisons qui justifient un abandon total de ce châtiment inhumain et dégradant.
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    Advocacy toolkit : Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa
    (Amnesty International, 2019)
    This toolkit is for the use of activists working on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa. It is intended to equip them with some key advocacy tools to effectively influence the institutions and individuals who can make abolition a reality in the region.
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    African Court Law Report / Recueil de jurisprudence de la Cour africaine : Volume 1 (2006-2016)
    (Pretoria University Law Press, 2019)
    This is the first volume of the Reports of judgments, advisory opinions and other decisions of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. This volume covers decisions from 2009, the year the Court delivered its first judgment, up to 2016. However, the years of coverage as indicated on the cover is 2006-2016, in recognition of the fact that 2006 was the year the Court was established with the election of the first judges and the holding of its First Ordinary Session.