The UN Human Rights Chief and the President of Africa’s premier human rights court on Saturday, 9 February, signed a detailed agreement designed to strengthen the working relationship between the two organizations. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the President of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights Sylvain Oré signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the margins of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of African States in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. “We already had a good relationship with African human rights system as a whole,” said Bachelet. The MoU would help the two organizations to hold similar events on a regular basis focusing on other aspects of administration of justice of mutual interest to the Court and the UN Human Rights Office. “This agreement aims to produce tangible benefits for people across Africa, making their rights more accessible and States’ obligations to uphold their legal responsibilities towards their people more enforceable.”The UN Human Rights Office has signed similar agreements with other regional inter-governmental organizations, including the Council of Europe, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Source: Ethiopian News February 10, 2019 20:37 UTC