En el presente artículo analizaremos unos de los tribunales regionales de protección de los derechos humanos más desconocidos en el mundo occidental: el Tribunal Africano de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos (TADHP). Si bien fue creado en 2004, no ha sido sino en los últimos años cuando ha llevado a cabo una incontestable tutela de los derechos humanos en África, actitud que ha dado lugar a que, pese a los arduos retos que aún ha de afrontar, tanto la sociedad civil como organismos pro derechos humanos y académicos hayan puesto sus esperanzas en esta institución en aras de acabar con la impunidad que azota dicho continente, siguiendo los pasos de sus continentes hermanos: América y Europa.
reflexiones en torno a la inmunidad de jurisdicción penal de los jefes de estados ante la comisión de crímenes internacionales en el marco del estatuto de roma Reflections regarding the immunity of criminal jurisdiction of the Heads of States before the Commission of International Crimes in the framework of the Rome Statute
This article examines the two cases brought before the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights following the Libyan uprising in 2011: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (Benghazi) v Libya and African Commission (Saif al-Islam Gaddafi) v Libya. These two cases mark three 'firsts': the first time for the African Commission to transfer a case to the African Court; the first order for provisional measures by the Court; and the first time the Court rendered a judgment by default. This study reveals that although the Court has taken significant steps in terms of its consolidation and legitimation, substantive and procedural challenges in its functioning remain. Moreover, the authors argue that the political divisions within the African Union diminished the Court's potential impact on the Libyan crisis.
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