Judge Sylvain Or\u00e9, a national of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, was elected President of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (the African Court) on 5 September 2016 for a two-year term. Elected for the first time as Judge of the Court in 2010 for a four-year term, he was re-elected in 2014 for a second term of six years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
After obtaining a Master\u2019s degree in Law and a Lawyers\u2019 Professional Aptitude Certificate (CAPA) from the University of Abidjan\u2013Cocody, he was called to the Bar of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. He also holds a Certificate of Higher Specialized Studies (DESS) in human rights jointly awarded by the University of Abidjan \u2013Cocody and the Institut de la Dignit\u00e9 et des Droits Humains (Institute of Human Dignity an Rights) of the Centre for Research and Action for Peace, Abidjan, as well as a Diploma in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from Henry Dunant University College, Geneva, Switzerland. He was a laureate of the lawyers\u2019 eloquence contest organized by the Bar of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire in 2001, following which he was conferred the prestigious title of \u201cConference Secretary\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
As part of continuous training, Judge Or\u00e9 participated in various high-level programmes, particularly in the areas of human rights litigation (Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, Abuja, Nigeria), international human rights law (International Human Rights Institute, Strasbourg, France, and international law of the sea (International Foundation for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg, Germany.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
He is author of a Doctorate Degree Thesis on \u201cHuman Rights Protection by the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)\u201d and is currently working on a PhD thesis at the University of Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on, Sorbonne on the prospects of complementarity and competition between the African Court and the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, in the field of human rights protection in Africa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Driven by his renewed interest in the development of law, Judge Or\u00e9 has been involved in academic activities; and in that regard, he dispenses courses and gives lectures on a wide range of human rights subjects, as was the case at the Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy; the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, India; and the International Human Rights Institute, Strasbourg, France.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Within the same context, Judge Or\u00e9 participates as keynote speaker or trainer in various initiatives on issues pertaining, inter alia, to international justice in Africa, the rule of law and transitional justice, the right to effective remedy, human rights jurisprudence in Africa, and in regional and international human rights protection mechanisms. Furthermore, he took part as trainer in several capacity-building activities for lawyers, judges and civil society organizations from various regions of the Continent.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 RightsFrom 5 September 2016 to May 2021Judge of the Court from 2010-2014 and 2014-2021 Judge Sylvain Or\u00e9, a national of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, was elected President of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (the African Court) on 5 September 2016 for a two-year term. Elected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"17980","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"hide","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-former-judges","category-judges"],"yoast_head":"\n