Christof Heyns, A Human Rights Court for Africa, 22 (3) NETHERLANDS QUARTERLY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 325 (S 2004).

International Federation for Human Rights, 10 Keys To Understand And Use The African Court On Human And Peoples’ Rights: A user’s guide for victims of human rights violations in Africa and human rights defenders (November 2004).

B. Kioko, The road to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, in THE OAU AT 35: ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AFRICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW, ADDIS ABABA, 3-5 AUGUST 1998. LONDON: AFRICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW, 1998.

Amanda Lloyd and Rachel Murray, Institutions With Responsibility for Human Rights Protection Under the African Union, 48 (2) JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW 165 (2004).

André Mbata B. Mangu , The changing human rights landscape in Africa: Organisation of African Unity, African Union, New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Court, 23 (3) NETHERLANDS QUARTERLY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 379 (2005)

Abdelsalam A. Mohamed , Individual and NGO participation in human rights litigation before the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights: lessons from the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights, 43 (2) JOURNAL OF AFRICAN LAW 201 (1999).

Mutoy Mubiala, La Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples: mimetisme institutionnel ou avancée judiciaire? [The African Court of Human Rights; institutional mimicry or judicial advance?], 102 (3) REVUE GÈNÈRALE DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC 765 (1998).

Makau Mutua,

• The African Human Rights System: A Critical Evaluation. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report Background Papers, 2000.


• The African Human Rights Court: a two-legged stool? 21 (2) HUMAN-RIGHTS-QUARTERLY 342 (May 1999)

Gino J. Naldi and Konstantinos Magliveras, The proposed African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights: evaluation and comparison, 8 (4) AFRICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 944 (December 1996).

N Barney Pityana, Reflections on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

Vincent O. Nmehielle, Towards an African court of human rights: structuring and the court, 6 (1) ANNUAL SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 27 (Spring 2000).

Andreas O'Shea, A human rights court in an African context: (plans for the establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights), 26 (2) COMMONWEALTH LAW BULLETIN 1313 (Dec 2000).

Ahmedlyane Sow, Les juges de la Cour africaine, 55(1) REVUE JURIDIQUE ET POLITIQUE, INDÉPENDANCE ET COOPÉRATION 38(2001).

Anne Pieter van der Mei, The New African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights: Towards an Effective Human Rights Protection Mechanism for Africa? 18 (1) LEIDEN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 113 (March 2005).

Frans Viljoen,

• A Human Rights Court for Africa, and Africans, 30 (1) BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1 (2004).
• Courts for Africa: Considering the Co-existence of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the African Court of Justice, 22 (2) NETHERLANDS QUARTERLY OF HUMAN RIGHTS 241 (June 2004). Co-authored with Evarist Baimu.
• The OAU at 35: achievements and prospects, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AFRICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW, ADDIS ABABA, 3-5 AUGUST 1998. London: African Society of International and Comparative Law, 1998, at 21.

This bibliography has been compiled by the PICT-PCTI in order to assist in researching various aspects related to the function of the Court, its interaction with the Continental and sub-regional courts and with the courts of its member states. If you are aware of a scholarly article or book regarding the above that would be of use to practitioners, judges and scholars, please contact us.