African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

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Article 4: Right to Life

Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.

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Most cited cases in the context of Article 4

   

25/89-47/90-56/91-100/93 Free Legal Assistance Group, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme, Les Témoins de Jehovah / DRC

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Articles: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 56, 58
Outcome: Decided on merits, Article 58(1) referral - (serious and massive) | Citations: 24
Contextual citations: 1 out of 20
   

60/91 Constitutional Rights Project (in respect of Wahab Akamu, G. Adega and others) / Nigeria

Country: Nigeria | Articles: 4, 6, 7, 56
Outcome: Decided on merits | Citations: 24
Contextual citations: 1 out of 18
   

74/92 Commission nationale des droits de l'Homme et des libertés / Chad

Country: Chad | Articles: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 56, 58
Outcome: Decided on merits, Article 58(1) referral - (serious and massive) | Citations: 22
Contextual citations: 2 out of 14
   

87/93 Constitutional Rights Project (in respect of Zamani Lakwot and six others) / Nigeria

Country: Nigeria | Articles: 4, 6, 7, 56
Outcome: Decided on merits | Citations: 22
Contextual citations: 1 out of 17
   

48/90-50/91-52/91-89/93 Amnesty International, Comité Loosli Bachelard, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Association of Members of the Episcopal Conference of East Africa / Sudan

Country: Sudan | Articles: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 26, 27, 56
Outcome: Decided on merits | Citations: 20
Contextual citations: 1 out of 13
   

64/92-68/92-78/92_8AR Krishna Achuthan (on behalf of Aleke Banda), Amnesty International (on behalf of Orton and Vera Chirwa), Amnesty International (on behalf of Orton and Vera Chirwa) / Malawi

Country: Malawi | Articles: 4, 5, 6, 7
Outcome: Decided on merits | Citations: 19
Contextual citations: 1 out of 10
   

155/96 Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) / Nigeria

Country: Nigeria | Articles: 2, 4, 6, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 56, 60, 61
Outcome: Decided on merits | Comments: 1 | Citations: 12
Contextual citations: 1 out of 6