SAMARA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

EXAMINATION 40%
June, 2019

Name…………………………………..……………………..………. ID. No……………..……

 Instructor: Nurye Beyan (LL.B, LL.M, Assistant Professor)
 Time allowed: 1:50

I. CHOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER 8%

1. One of the following is the aims for the establishment of regional human rights system
A. To localize international human rights norms and standards
B. To reflects the particular human rights concerns of the region
C. To implement international instruments on the ground
D. A and B
E. All of the above
2. Which one of the following is the objective of the AU Constitutive Act
A. To encourage international cooperation
B. To promote democratic principles and institutions
C. To promote popular participation and good governance
D. To promote and protect human and peoples’ rights
E. All except A
F. All of the above
3. One of the following bodies is established as an enforcement mechanisms in the African
Human Rights System
A. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
B. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
C. African Committee of Experts on the Right and Welfare of the Child
D. A and B only
E. All of the above
II. WRITE TRUE OR FALSE 6%
1. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights doesn’t have the mandate to
investigate human rights violations in member states………………………..
2. Similar to the commission, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a quasi-
judicial body which cannot make binding decision………………………………
3.

III. Match Column A To Column B 10%

Column A Column B

1. Challenges A. Mandate of the commission

2. Interpretation of the Charter B. Must not indicate the author
3. Admissibility criteria C. Political participation
4. Positive developments D. Mandate of the court
5. Monitoring mechanism E. Exhaustive domestic remedies
F. State reporting
G. Weak enforcement mechanism

IV. SHORT ANSWERS 15%

1. Write the two major initiative factors to establish African regional human rights system?
2. Write the three main functions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
3. The African court´s competence to accept individual complaint is subject to consent of
member states to allow the court accepts individual complaint. Write your comment.