"In June 1998, at an Organization of African Unity’s summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, African Heads of State signed the Protocol to establish the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The breakthrough was the result of four solid years of hard work, intense negotiations and compromise to reach a common position. How disappointing for Africa’s peoples then, that ten years after the Protocol’s adoption, the Court has yet to hear a case." (Quoted from paper)