Tanzania in the spotlight for ‘withdrawal’ from Arusha-based human-rights court
Front right to left: Members of Tanzania’s Chadema party Halima Mdee, Ester Bulaya and Ester Matiko after being released from Segerea prison last year. FILE PHOTO | AFP
Tanzania has come under continental scrutiny for withdrawing from the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, which it hosts in Arusha.
In 2019, Tanzania became the second country in the EAC, after Rwanda, to withdraw the right of individuals and non-governmental organisations to directly access the African Court. Rwanda withdrew in 2016.
