Arusha. Justice Modibo Sacko of the Republic of Mali has been elected as the new President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR), taking over from outgoing Tanzanian judge, Lady Justice Imani Daud Aboud, whose term has officially come to an end.
The announcement was made on Monday, June 2, during the 77th Ordinary Session of the Court held in Arusha, Tanzania, where all 11 judges cast secret ballots to select the new leadership of the continent’s principal human rights judicial body.
