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o H.E. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Evelyn A. Ankumah, Executive Director of AFLA during AFLA's Round Table Conference on African Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, ICC, the Hague, February 2007.

 

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At AFLA's Conference on The International Criminal Court and Africa. From Left to Right: Justice Pius Langa, Chief Justice of South Africa, Prof. Shadrack Gutto, Acting Chair of the Governing Council of Africa Legal Aid (AFLA), H.E. Judge Abdul Koroma of the International Court of Justice, Hon. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Nepad of Ghana, Accra, 2003.

 

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Judge Demba Kandji, President of Tribunal Regional de Dakar, Senegal and Prof. Andre Klip, Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and International Criminal Law, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

AFLA Distinctions

• Observer Status: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

• Observer Status: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

• NGO in Special Consultative Status: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

• Headquarters Agreement with the Government of Ghana

 

 
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AFLA Programs:

-Capacity Building Programs

-Selected & Targeted Legal Assistance

-South & North Dialogue

-Lecture Series

-Lobbying

-Publications
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

A Leading Voice:

AFLA has become a leading voice in the world of international non governmental organizations. AFLA has provided legal and human rights institutions including, the judiciary, legal practitioners, government ministries, attorneys-general, civil society organizations and development cooperation groups with a platform for both gaining and sharing knowledge on the African human rights system and international criminal justice.


One of the notable outcomes of AFLA's activities is the adoption of the Cairo-Arusha Principles on Universal Jurisdiction in Respect of Gross Human Rights Offences: An African Perspective. The Principles enjoy international recognition and were cited in a dissenting opinion of the International Court of Justice on February 14th, 2002 in the case concerning the arrest warrant of April 11th 2000. Democratic Republic of Congo v. Belgium

AFLA has also:


-Spearheaded the contribution of much needed African perspectives to international norms and standard setting.


-Submitted test cases to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (also on behalf of other organizations.)


-Lobbied at various levels on an extensive range of human rights issues.


-Developed a considerable database of the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.


-Organized high level seminars involving a diverse range of participants.


-Produced a wealth of publications.