As many readers will know, I founded The Monitor in January 2014 with the aim of providing news, comment and debate on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Why? Because I believe the Court has the potential to be one of the most important courts in the world, yet there seemed no dedicated outlet for discussion and analysis of the Court’s work.
With this in mind, I am so pleased that over the past few years The Monitor has established itself as a place that prospective applicants, academics, lawyers and anyone else interested in the Court can come for independent and accurate information and analysis on the Court. But I can only do so much, and over the past few months I have felt the need to grow The Monitor and add more staff to do justice to the Court’s development and the Monitor’s followers.
I am therefore delighted to introduce Tétévi Davi, pictured here, as 
Junior Editor of The Monitor. Tétévi holds a degree in Law with French from the University of Nottingham and an LLM from the University of Maastricht, where he wrote his thesis on Transitional Justice in West Africa. He has worked at the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute in London and recently completed an internship in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
I will continue to write on the Court’s developments as always, but with Tétévi on board I hope we can increase the content of the site, bringing some fresh and creative ideas to the table. Tétévi kicks off his time at The Monitor with a summary of the recent Konaté reparations judgement, which will be available from tomorrow.
As always, if readers have ideas and suggestions for how the site can be improved please do get in touch.