{"id":18,"date":"2020-04-01T15:46:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.african-court.org\/wpafc\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-03-08T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:19:16","slug":"jurisdiction-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.african-court.org\/afchpr\/jurisdiction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurisdiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7a3952 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f7a3952\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b160fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21b160fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd47cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_post_title_elementor\" data-id=\"bd47cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jnews_post_title_elementor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class='jeg_custom_title_wrapper   '>\n                <h1 class=\"jeg_post_title\">Jurisdiction<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a419908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_post_breadcrumb_elementor\" data-id=\"a419908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jnews_post_breadcrumb_elementor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class='jeg_custom_breadcrumb_wrapper   '><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490380ed elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"490380ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5791479d e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"5791479d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"1469138845\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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