Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights

In 2005, the Assembly of the African Union decided to merge the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union. In June, at the Eleventh Summit of the African Union, the Assembly adopted the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, an instrument designed to effectuate the Assembly's 2005 decision. The Protocol will enter into force upon the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification by an AU Member State.