EDITORIAL: Tanzania can protest but retain its court membership
The African Court in Arusha, Tanzania. This past week, the government presented a withdrawal notice to the African Union Commission, heralding its withdrawal from the court. PHOTO COURTESY | AFCHPR
In a development that is as puzzling as it is disturbing, it emerged this week that Tanzania has withdrawn from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR); a charter it ratified in March 2010.
The actual notice of withdrawal was quietly served on the Secretary General of the African Union mid-November.
