caa a22 4500 388102837 CHVBK 20180307125327.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021855300011347 doi S0021855300011347 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021855300011347 Mohamed Abdelsalam A. Individual and NGO participation in human rights litigation before the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights: lessons from the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights [Elektronische Daten] [Abdelsalam A. Mohamed] In terms of article 6(1) of the Protocol Establishing the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, the Court may entitle both relevant non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), and individuals to institute directly before it, urgent cases or cases of serious, systematic or massive violations of human rights. In deciding the admissibility of cases brought under article 6(1), the Court may request the opinion of the Commission which must give its opinion as soon as possible. Additionally, article 25(2) of the Protocol provides that the Court may receive written and oral evidence and other representations including expert testimony and it shall make a decision based on such evidence and representations. Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1999 Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 201-213 0021-8553 43:2<201 1999 43 JAL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011347 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855300011347 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Mohamed Abdelsalam A. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of African Law Cambridge University Press 43/2(1999), 201-213 0021-8553 43:2<201 1999 43 JAL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge