DECISION ON THE DRAFT PROTOCOL ON AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL
ON THE STATUTE OF THE AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Permanent Representatives Committee, and the recommendations as well as the annexes thereto which focus on the definition of crimes of unconstitutional change of government and the evaluation of the financial and structural implications resulting from the expansion of the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to try international crimes;
2. REQUESTS the Commission to conduct a more thorough reflection, in collaboration with the Peace and Security Council on the issue of popular uprising in all its dimensions, and on the appropriate mechanism capable of deciding the legitimacy of such an uprising;
3. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission to submit, a report on the structural and financial implications resulting from the expansion of the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to try international crimes, to the PRC through its relevant sub-committees;
4. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to submit report on the implementation of this decision to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly in May 2013.