African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights decisions. The vision of the Court is an Africa with a viable human rights culture. On January 22, 2006, the Eighth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union elected the first eleven Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Judges are normally elected for six-year terms and can be re-elected once. The President and Vice-President are elected to two-year terms and can be re-elected once. The Court had its First Ordinary Session from July 2–5, 2006 in Banjul, the Gambia. The Court is located in Arusha, Tanzania, at the Phase II of the Mwalimu
Capital punishment by country and not repeated here. Capital punishment by country The following is a summary of the use of capital punishment by country. Globally, 56 countries retain capital punishment, 106 countries have completely abolished it "de jure" for all crimes, 8 have abolished it for ordinary crimes (while maintaining it for special circumstances such as war crimes), and 28 are abolitionist in practice. Historically, capital punishment has been used in almost every part of the world. Currently, the large majority of countries have either abolished or discontinued the practice. Japan has the highest inequality-adjusted HDI (Human Development Index, of the United Nations