Michelot Yogogombaye v The Republic of Senegal

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (‘African Court’ or ‘Court’) was established by the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (‘the Protocol’) with the jurisdiction to deal with ‘all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning the interpretation and application of the [African] Charter [on Human and Peoples’ Rights], this Protocol [establishing the Court] and any other relevant Human Rights instrument ratified by the States concerned.’1 The first 11 Judges of the Court were appointed by the Assembly of the African Union at its sixth ordinary session in Khartoum, Sudan, in January 2006.2 Four new Judges (replacing four of the first 11 whose terms of office had expired) were appointed by the 11th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union in July 2009.3 Aside from the...

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