Communication 341/07 - Equality Now v Ethiopia
violation of its obligations to provide equal protection of the law, protection from
discrimination against women, as well as the right to the integrity and security of
the person as guaranteed by the African Charter.
ARTICLES ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN VIOLATED
14.
The Complainants allege violations of Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 18(3) of the African
Charter by the Respondent State.
PRAYERS OF THE COMPLAINANT
15.
The Complainants request the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
(the Commission) to:
(i)
Give recourse to Woineshet under the Charter for the violation of her rights,
and to ensure equal protection of the law, and end discrimination for girls
subjected to abduction and rape in the Respondent State;
(ii)
Request the Respondent State to mandate comprehensive training in human
rights for all law enforcement officials, including all levels of the judiciary,
on the law against rape in Ethiopia and to take appropriate remedial action
in this case;
(iii)
Award compensation to Woineshet for the violations she has endured
because of the Respondent State's failure to provide equal protection of the
law, protection from cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and protection
from discrimination against women, as well as the right to the integrity and
security of the person guaranteed by the African Charter; and
(iv)
Request the Respondent State to file charges against Aberew, as indicated in
its submissions to the Commission.
THE PROCEDURE
16.
The present Complaint was received by the Secretariat of the African Commission
on 16th May 2007, and the Commission became seized of the same at its 41st
Ordinary Session, held from 16th - 30th May 2007, in Accra, Ghana.