Unusually for a trade-bloc court, it accepts human rights applications from individuals with no requirement to exhaust domestic remedies, which has made it the most accessible international human rights forum in West Africa.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- international
- Court type
- Sub-regional court with a human rights mandate
- Jurisdiction
- The fifteen ECOWAS member states
- Seat
- Abuja
- Established
- 1991
- Composition
- Judges appointed for a four-year renewable term
- Languages
- English, French, Portuguese
Where an appeal goes next
Final
Filing at this court
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies
- Not required for human rights applications
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