The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court

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...

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Autores: Cartes Rodríguez, Juan Bautista, Iñigo Álvarez, Laura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6509
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:341.231.14
Tribunal Africano
Libia
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Derechos Humanos
Comisión Africana
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Derecho internacional público
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5603 Derecho Internacional
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spelling The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the CourtCartes Rodríguez, Juan BautistaIñigo Álvarez, Laura341.231.14Tribunal AfricanoLibiaGadafiDerechos HumanosComisión AfricanaDerechos humanosDerecho internacional público5906.01 Derechos Humanos5603 Derecho InternacionalThis 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.Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)Universidad Complutense de Madrid20202020-01-0120202020-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6509reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/65092026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
title The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
spellingShingle The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
Cartes Rodríguez, Juan Bautista
341.231.14
Tribunal Africano
Libia
Gadafi
Derechos Humanos
Comisión Africana
Derechos humanos
Derecho internacional público
5906.01 Derechos Humanos
5603 Derecho Internacional
title_short The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
title_full The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
title_fullStr The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
title_full_unstemmed The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
title_sort The case law of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Libya following the Arab uprisings: Lessons learned for the consolidation and legitimation of the Court
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cartes Rodríguez, Juan Bautista
Iñigo Álvarez, Laura
author Cartes Rodríguez, Juan Bautista
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Iñigo Álvarez, Laura
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 341.231.14
Tribunal Africano
Libia
Gadafi
Derechos Humanos
Comisión Africana
Derechos humanos
Derecho internacional público
5906.01 Derechos Humanos
5603 Derecho Internacional
topic 341.231.14
Tribunal Africano
Libia
Gadafi
Derechos Humanos
Comisión Africana
Derechos humanos
Derecho internacional público
5906.01 Derechos Humanos
5603 Derecho Internacional
description 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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