79.
ado
Cha rter as an instrument
Acc ordi ng to the Com mitt ee, the Chi ldre n's
falls und er the prov isio n of 'any
pted within the Afr ican hum an rights syst em
ied by the States concerned,' and
othe r re levant hum an rights instrument ratif
rt. Jt argu es that by extension, as
ther efor e falls within the juri sdic tion of the Cou
y of the Chi ldre n's Cha rter under
the Com mitt ee is the prim ary monitoring bod
at the purp ose of the Protocol to
whi ch the Cou rt has juri sdic tion , it wou ld defe
Court. Furt her, the Com milt ee urges
excl ude it from having a stan ding before the
ely, it sho uld be given access to the
that in orde r to exercise its man date effectiv
children's rights.
Cou rt for cases con cern ing serious violations of
ntion to Arti cle 42 of the
The Com mitt ee also draws the Cou rt's atte
ote and protect the rights enshrined
Chi ldre n's Charter, whi ch emp owe rs it to prom
the prot ecti ve mandate of the
in the Chi ldre n's CharteT, thus establishing
quasi-judicial role by, inter alia,
Com mitt ee and enabling it to assume a
resses the view tl1at the Cow i's
con side ring individual communications. It exp
of the African Com mis sion and by
man date is to reinforce the prot ecti ve mandate
rk as a whole, whi ch includes the
exte nsio n the African hum an rights fram ewo
80.
Com mitt ee.
tion of the Cou rt as stipulated
Mak ing reference lo the rationale for the crea
ance lhe effi cien cy of the African
in the Preamble of the Cou rt Prot oco l, as to 'enh
has been faci ng the sam e maj or
Corrunissio n', the Com mitt ee recalls that il
ecti ve man date has enco unte red ove r
chal leng es that the Afri can Com mis sion 's prot
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of non -bin ding findings, abse nce of
the year s , namely, non -com plia nce beca use
and lack of hum an and financial
effe ctiv e re1nedies, institutional weaknesses
81.
es' Rights", 251 available at
African Commission on Human and Peopl
M Hansungule, "Africa n courts and tl'le
ssed on 28 March 2013)
(Acce
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