Arusha, Tanzania Website: www.african-court.org ( Telephone: +255-272-510-510 JUDGMENT SUMMARY IDD KITURE V. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA APPLICATION NO. 010/2019 JUDGMENT ON MERITS AND REPARATIONS A DECISION OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS Arusha, 5 June 2026: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) today delivered a judgment in the case of Idd Kiture v. United Republic of Tanzania. Idd Kiture (the Applicant) is a national of the Unted Republic of Tanzania (the Respondent State). At the time of filing this Application, he was incarcerated at Ukonga Central Prison, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, having been tried, convicted and sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment for the offence of rape of a minor and for committing an unnatural offence. He alleged violation of his rights during proceedings before the national courts. The Respondent State raised an objection to the Court’s material jurisdiction on two grounds, First, that the Court is not vested with jurisdiction to entertain this Application and second, that the interpretation and application of the of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Protocol) does not confer jurisdiction on the Court to set the Applicant at liberty. 1