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The Court is composed of eleven judges, nationals of Member States of the African Union elected in their individual capacity.<br>2. The Court meets four times a year in Ordinary Sessions and may hold Extra-Ordinary Sessions.<br>3. The Court has received 119 applications as at 1 October, 2016. It has finalized 32 applications and 87 are pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information on the Court can be obtained from the Court\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.african-court.org\">www.african-court.org<\/a>.<br><strong>For more comments<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br>Dr Robert Eno, Registrar<br><strong>Tel<\/strong>: +255 (0)272970430; 272970431; 272970432; 272970433; 272970434; 272970435<br><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Robert.Eno@african-court.org\">Robert.Eno@african-court.org<\/a> \/ Registrar@african-court.org <br><strong>For Media inquiries<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:AfricanCourtMedia@african-court.org\">AfricanCourtMedia@african-court.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arusha, 28 October, 2016: The African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (AfCHPR) will hold its 43rd Ordinary Session from 31 October to 18 November 2016 at its seat in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania The Judges, among others, will examine about 70 applications and four Requests for Advisory Opinion.&nbsp;The Judges will also hold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-press-releases","tag-ordinary-session"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES\u2019 RIGHTS BEGINS 43RD ORDINARY SESSION ON 31 OCTOBER - African Court on Human and Peoples&#039; 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