or more] 'sovereign' states as
'(1) is a formal entity, (2) has [tlu·ec
t secretariat or other indication
members, and (3) possesses a permanen
rs and/or pen nan ent sta ff.
of institutionalisation such as headquarte
component of this definition requires
According io the Committee, Lhe first
ally
must be formed by an intetnation
that intergovernmental organisations
an
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tee fits, because it is established by
mH
Com
the
ich
wh
ty,
trea
ised
ogn
rec
·ican
Ch ildr en' s Charter, ratified by 41 Afr
the
ty:
trea
d
ize
ogn
rec
ally
tion
rna
inte
63.
Union Me mb er States.
stly meets the second requirement, as
nife
ma
it
t
tha
s
mit
sub
tee
unH
Con
64 . The
1s c01nposed of eleven members from
it
t
tha
in
es
stat
er
mb
me
two
n
tha
re
it has mo
manent secretariat based in Elhiopia.
eleven different countries and has a per
e submits that it qualifies as an
itte
mm
Co
the
,
ent
um
arg
ng
goi
for
the
65. Fro m
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rt.
Cou
the
to
es
cas
mit
sub
to
d
itle
ent
,
African intergovernmental organization
Republic of Kenya argued, as
U1e
t,
ues
Req
the
on
ns
atio
erv
obs
66. ln its
es
uld be given access to the Court for cas
indicated above, that the Con11Dittee sho
and
ldren's rights in line wit h the object
concerning serious violations of chi
ts
is to strengthen the Afi·ican human righ
purpose of the Co urt Protocol which
an
submitted that the C01runittee lS
system., For its part, Senegal
'the
other hand, Gabo11 asserted that the
intergovernmental organization. On the
the
s for any alle ged cas es of violation of
Co mm itte e is .... ent itle d to see k redres
rights of the Child'.
2
' As above
Rights Law m Afnca (2012) 434.
Includes F ViiJoen International Human
n Scholarly support for this position
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