According to Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud, President of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, "Our mandates are to bring justice to our people in a prompt, efficient, and fair manner" (Our mandates are to deliver justice in a prompt, efficient, and fair manner).
She made it clear that it is the responsibility of the African Court to ensure that human rights are respected throughout the African continent in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other human rights instruments.
The statement was made by Lady Justice Aboud during the retreat between the African Court and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights that is currently taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of the retreat is to strengthen the complementarity between the two institutions, and it is being monitored in Tema by the Communication for Development and Advocacy Consult (CDA Consult).
As a result, the President of the African Court has tasked the organs of the African Union with maintaining their close collaboration and mutual support in order to defend and advance human rights throughout Africa.
She emphasized that the overarching purpose of the retreat, which is scheduled to come to a close on October 14, is to provide these two organs of the African Union with the opportunity to develop solutions that are both positive and practical for the realistic implementation of the complementarity that exists between the two significant institutions.
"It is my firm opinion, and that of all of our colleagues at the African Court, that these two institutions will continue to work very closely and jointly to defend and advance human rights in Africa. This is the strong confidence that I have.
It was emphasized by Lady Justice Aboud that current events in Africa's socio-political and legal environment plainly require that African leaders reaffirm their commitment to justice.
"Whether the issue at hand is terrorism, military wars, starvation, political violence, underdevelopment, or poverty, justice continues to be the remedy that is universally accepted.
"In point of fact, and as Agenda 2063 makes abundantly plain, the objective of the government should be human growth via the promotion of social justice. According to Lady Justice Aboud's statement, "it can thus not be disputed that judges and courts have a role to play in attaining development justice whether by enforcing political, socio-economic, or development rights."
The President of the African Court elaborated that the exchange of legal and judicial information was the means through which African governments might reaffirm their commitments to the administration of justice.
"In other words, in order to best administer justice on legal issues that are insistently becoming global yet with domestic application, judges and courts need to engage in consistent trading of legal and judicial solutions. This is necessary in order to ensure that justice is administered in the most effective manner possible.
She said that the aim of regional courts is to "harmonize and unify the domestic implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights."
During her speech, Lady Justice Aboud stated, "I name terrorism and its socio-political and economic consequences, but I also name pandemics, technology, and social media; and more structural questions such as free and fair elections, governance, and states' cooperation with international human rights courts and tribunals."
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