The Court composed of: Sophia A.B. AKUFFO , President, Fatsah
OUGUERGOUZ, Vice-president; Bernard
M
NGOEPE, Gerard
NIYUNGEKO; Augustine S.L. RAMADHANI , Duncan TAMBALA,
Elsie N. THOMPSON , Sylvain ORE , El Hadj1 GUISSE, Ben KIOKO ,
and Kimelabalou ABA - Judges, and Robert ENO- Registrar,
In the matter of:
REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION
BY SOCIO - ECONOMIC RIGHTS & ACCOUNTABILITY ROJECT
(SERAP)
After deliberations,
rnakes the following Order:
1 By a letter dated 1 March , 2012 and received at the Registry of the
Court on the same day, the Socio-Economic Rights & Accountab1l1ty
Project (SERAP) , requested the Court for an advisory opinion
2 In its request. SERAP requested the Court to give its opinion on "the
legal and human rights consequences arising from the systematic
and widespread
extreme
poverty
1n
Nigeria",
and whether 1t
"breaches certain prov1s1ons of the African Charter, 1n particular,
Article 2 which prohibits discrimination , including on 'any other
status', and whether systematic and widespread extreme poverty can
be accommodated by the phrase 'any other status"'