The Court composed of: Augustine S. L. RAMADHANI , President, Elsie N
THOMPSON , Vice-President, Gerard NIYUNGEKO, Fatsah OUGUERGOUZ, Duncan
TAMBALA, Sylvain ORE, El Hadji GUISSE, Ben KIOKO, Rafaa Ben ACHOUR, Solomy
B. BOSSA and Angelo Vasco MATUSSE, Judges; and Robert ENO, Registrar.
IN THE MAITER OF
REQUEST
FOR
ADVISORY
OPINION
BY
THE
COALITION
FOR
THE
INTERNATI ONAL CRIMINAL COURT, THE LEGAL DEFENCE & ASSISTANCE
PROJECT (LEDAP), THE CIVIL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & DOCUMENTATION
CENTER (CIRDDOC) AND THE WOMEN ADVOCATES DOCUMENTATION CENTER
(WARDC)
After deliberations ;
Makes the following Order:
I.
Nature of the Request.
1. The Authors of the Request state that they are Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
based and registered in Nigeria and undertake the promotion and protection of human
rights and the fight against impunity across Africa, especially in West Afnca
2. The Authors submit that they "have justiciable interest in the issues raised in this
Request". noting that Nigeria is a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) and a member of the African Union (AU), and therefore bound by
treaty obligations under the Rome Statute by virtue of Article 86 thereof and the
Resolutions of the AU , by virtue of Article 23 of the Constitutive Act of the African Umon .
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