Senate of Liberia which determined the culpability of the Applicant; but rather
seized with a case on human rights violations which allegedly occurred in the
course of the procedure at the domestic forum.
70.To this end, this Court therefore re-affirms that it does not have the competence
to review judgments of national courts and other quasi-judicial bodies of member
states in abstracto but it is imbued with the jurisdiction to examine any human
rights issues emanating from any activities which take place in Member States
and their outcomes with the view to determining their compatibility with human
rights obligations imposed by the African Charter and other human rights
instruments to which they are parties. Consequently, the Court finds that it has
the competence to hear and determine the claims of the Applicant as it is
grounded on alleged human rights violation and the same has not been submitted
as an appeal from the decision of the municipal Courts.
71.The Respondent submits in its defence that, admitting this case will draw this
Court into the business of internal political activities within the Respondent
State, which it asserts, this Court lacks competence to do since the Court will
be meddling in the political matters of a Member State. The Respondent stated
as follows: “the Applicant’s removal was by the political process of
impeachment, hence this Court has no mandate to interfere”.
72.On the issue of internal political activities, this Court held in the case of
BODJONA AKOUSSOULELOU PASCAL v. THE REPUBLIC OF TOGO
(2015) Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/15(Unreported) @ Pg. 8 that;
“The Court must re–affirm, as it has always done in its well-established
jurisprudence, that it hardly considers issues such as political
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