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76. Adv. Opin. 002 2011 Marcel Ceccaldi Engl.

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Type of Document
  • Advisory Opinion
Keywords
  • Non Compliance
Case Headnotes
A letter dated August 22nd 2011 was received by a registrar at the court, where advocate Marcel Ceccaldi requested an advisory opinion from the court on behalf of the Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The court instructed the registrar to ask the author of the request to show proof that he was acting on behalf of Libya, but unfortunately the author declined to respond to this request. The attitude of the author of the request for advisory opinion, showed unwillingness to pursue the matter further. As a result of this behavior, the court unanimously decided to remove the request from the general list of the court.
Country
  • Libya
Country Geolocation
Libya: 32° 33′ 21″ N, 13° 16′ 48″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

3. 042 2016 Collectif des Anciens Travailleurs du Laboratoire ALS c. Mali

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Workers' Rights
Case Headnotes
According to the records, on 1 February 2012,ihe Applicants, who claim to have been victims of lead poisoning during their service, seized the Prosecutor at the Commune lll Court of First instance of the District of Bamako of a criminal complaint, followed by a letter addressed to the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Bamako on the same subject. The Applicants allege that the Australian Laboratory, which specializes in the chemical analysis of samples to determine the content of gold and other metals, used in this respect, toxic products such as acid, butyl isobutyl (DIBK), and solvents such as nitrate, sodium, lithium, borax, sodium carbonate, sodium oxide and lead.
Country
  • Mali
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/27/26 - Société de Production et d’Exportation Banane Antilles (PACOBAN) v. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
Applicant seeking compensation for its banana farm which was largely affected by the construction of a hydroelectric dam by CI-Energies.
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
18 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

039/2019 - Chacha Jeremiah Murimi v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
Chacha Jeremiah Murimi, a Tanzanian national, was convicted of murder by the High Court of Tanzania and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty by hanging. His conviction and sentence were upheld by the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. He filed an application before the African Court alleging that Tanzania had violated his rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights through the imposition of the mandatory death penalty and various aspects of his criminal proceedings. Owing to the similarity of the legal and factual issues, the Court consolidated his application with Application No. 040/2019 (Mathew Jeremiah Daud) and Application No. 041/2019 (Paschal Ligoye Mashiku) and delivered a single judgment.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

007/2023 - Democratic Republic of Congo v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
DRC alleges human rights violations committed in connection with an armed conflict between it and a coalition that includes Rwanda and the M23 armed group. The Court determined that it has jurisdiction to hear the matter and declared the application admissible. The Court ordered the Respondent State to file its response on the merits.
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/02/25 - The Incorporated Trustees of Prince & Princess Charles Offokoja Foundation & Anor. v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Parties to a Suit
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to be Heard
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
ECOWAS Court has jurisdiction over human rights violations under Article 9(4) of its Protocol. Mere allegation of human rights violation is sufficient to confer jurisdiction. The Court is not an appellate body for national court decisions but can hear claims of human rights violations arising from domestic proceedings. Cause of action exists when facts disclose a legal right, even if not yet legally maintained. Admissibility requires claimants to have victim status, not be anonymous, and not have the matter pending in another international court. NGOs with legal personality can represent victims in human rights claims. Representative actions require proof of victim status of grantor; indirect victims must provide credible evidence of relationship. Application dismissed due to lack of locus standi; grantors of mandate were neither direct nor indirect victims. Parties bear their own costs.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
13 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/38/26 - Lacerda Yoann v. State of Cape Verde

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Health
Case Headnotes
Following the ECOWAS Court's judgment of 7 April 2025, which found that Cape Verde had not violated the Applicant's right to health and dismissed his claims, Lacerda Yoann filed an application seeking revision of that judgment. He argued that procedural irregularities had prevented him and his lawyer from fully participating in the proceedings and relied on alleged new medical evidence concerning his treatment.The ECOWAS Court held that an application for revision is an exceptional remedy available only where new facts of a decisive nature, previously unknown to both the Court and the applicant without negligence, are discovered after the judgment. The Court found that the facts relied upon by the Applicant were either already known to him or did not constitute decisive new facts capable of justifying revision. Consequently, it declared the application for revision inadmissible and ordered the Applicant to bear the costs.
Country
  • Cape Verde
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
25 يونيو 2026
Country Geolocation
Cape Verde: 16° 32′ 20″ N, 23° 2′ 30″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/25 - Charles Nii Armah Mensah v. Republic of Ghana and Gaming Commission

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Type of Document
  • Decision
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Due Diligence
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Jurisdiction
  • Personal Liberty
  • إساءة استخدام السلطات الرئاسية
Case Headnotes
he ECOWAS Court ruled on the jurisdiction, admissibility, and merits of the dispute involving the rights of the applicant against the State and regulatory authority, addressing freedom of expression, due process, and implementation of national and regional legal provisions
Country
  • Ghana
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
8 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/39/25 La Ligue Togolaise des Droits de l’Homme and Seven (07) Others v. Togo

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Right to Physical and Moral Integrity
Case Headnotes
Human rights claims require credible, concrete evidence, not mere assertions. States bear positive obligations to protect rights but liability depends on failure to fulfill these duties demonstrably. Freedom of movement, assembly, and security rights are fundamental but may be subject to lawful restrictions. Allegations of militia violence require evidence linking the militias to the State for State responsibility. The ECOWAS Court will not rule on claims lacking proof of rights violations.
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 يوليو 2025
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

App 001 2019 for Judgment on Review of App. No. 030 2015 – Ramadhani Issa Malengo v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
I emerges from the file that in 1996, the Applicant had an oral agreement with DIMON Ramadhani lssa Malengo (hereinafter referred to as the "Applicant") is a national of Tanzania and a tobacco farmer. He resides in Kigwa village, Tabora region and alleges that the Respondent State violated his rights by denying him justice in the National courts.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

010/2019 - Idd Kiture v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Case Headnotes
Idd Kiture, a Tanzanian national, was convicted of murder by the High Court of Tanzania and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty by hanging. His conviction and sentence were subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. He filed an application before the African Court alleging that Tanzania violated his rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, challenging both the fairness of his criminal proceedings and the legality of the mandatory death sentence
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

046 2016 APDF & IHRDA v Republic of Mali Judgement

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Child Marriage
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Harmful Traditional Practices
  • IHRDA
  • Right of Women to Inheritance
  • Women's Rights
Case Headnotes
In a bid to modernise its legislation by bringing it in line with the evolving international human rights law, the Government of Mali launched, in 1998, a vast operation to codify the rights of individuals and the family. This project, which was subject to broad popular consultation, received expert input prior to the drafting of Law No. 201 1-087 establishing the Persons and Family Code. However, the Applicants submit that the law as promulgated violates several provisions of international human rights instruments ratified by the Respondent State.
Country
  • Mali
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/25 - Lacerda Yoann v. Republic of Cabo Verde

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Jurisdiction
  • Right to Health
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
In Lacerda Yoann v. Republic of Cabo Verde (Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/38/23; Judgment No. ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/25, 7 April 2025), the ECOWAS Court of Justice confirmed its jurisdiction and declared the application admissible. The Applicant, a Cabo Verde citizen, claimed that the State violated his right to health under Article 16 of the African Charter, Article 12 of the ICESCR, and Article 25 of the UDHR, by failing to provide access to necessary medicines for his hereditary immunodeficiency. The Court found that the Defendant State had authorized the import of the medicine and provided guidance on accessing it, but the Applicant failed to follow the prescribed procedures. Consequently, the Court held that the Defendant did not violate the Applicant’s right to health, dismissed all other claims as unfounded, and ordered that the parties bear their own costs.
Country
  • Cape Verde
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 أبريل 2025
Country Geolocation
Cape Verde: 16° 32′ 20″ N, 23° 2′ 30″ W
ECOWAS Court

020 2015 – Livinus Daudi Manyuka v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Retro-activity of offence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the Application that on 4 November 1999 the Applicant, and two other individuals, were charged with the offence of robbery with violence in the District Court at Mbinga, Ruvuma Region. On 15 May 2000, they were convicted and each sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

004 2015 – Andrew Ambrose Cheusi v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the application that, on 6 June 2003, the applicant was arrested for having committed armed robbery of a pick-up vehicle at a place known as Sinza Madukani, in Dar es Salaam. He was prosecuted for the offense before the Kibaha District Magistrate Court. He was released on bail on 7 November 2003. While he was out on bail in this case, on September 2004, he was again arrested and charged in a second case before the same court, for conspiring to commit a felony and for the offence of robbery. It was alleged that he had stolen a saloon car at korogwe area in kibaha District.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

004 2015 – Andrew Ambrose Cheusi v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion By Judge Bensaoula Chafika)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the application that, on 6 June 2003, the applicant was arrested for having committed armed robbery of a pick-up vehicle at a place known as Sinza Madukani, in Dar es Salaam. He was prosecuted for the offense before the Kibaha District Magistrate Court. He was released on bail on 7 November 2003. While he was out on bail in this case, on September 2004, he was again arrested and charged in a second case before the same court, for conspiring to commit a felony and for the offence of robbery. It was alleged that he had stolen a saloon car at korogwe area in kibaha District.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

028 2015 – Kalebi Elisamehe v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Rape
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the application that, on 6 March 2004, the applicant was convicted and sentenced by the District Magistrate’s Court of Monduli at monduli District to a thirty (30) year prison sentence for the rape of a twelve (12) year old minor. He was ordered to pay the victim one cow valued at Tanzania Shillings Two Hundred Thousand as compensation. The applicant appealed against the judgement.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

025 2015 – Majid Goa @ Vedatus v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the file that on 20 December 2005, the District Court of Tarime, in Criminal case No. 418 of 2005 convicted the Applicant and sentenced him to thirty (30) years imprisonment following conviction for rape of a twelve (12) year old minor.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

017 2015 – Kennedy Gihana and Others v. Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Family
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Work
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the file that the Applicants learnt of the invalidation, by the Respondent State, of their passports and those of other Rwandan nationals when one of them was informed upon applying for a visa to travel to the United States of America, that his name appeared on a list of 14 May 2012, indicating the invalidity of the passports held by all persons included on the said list.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 13.1: Right to participate freely in government
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

017 2015 – Kennedy Gihana and Others v. Republic of Rwanda (Order on Continuance of Proceedings)

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Type of Document
  • Order on Continuance of Proceedings
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Family
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Work
Case Headnotes
It emerges from the file that the Applicants learnt of the invalidation, by the Respondent State, of their passports and those of other Rwandan nationals when one of them was informed upon applying for a visa to travel to the United States of America, that his name appeared on a list of 14 May 2012, indicating the invalidity of the passports held by all persons included on the said list.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 13.1: Right to participate freely in government
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

016 2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

016 2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Order for provisional mesures (28 September 2017))

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Type of Document
  • Order for Provisional Measures
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
Country
  • Ghana
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

016 2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Partly dissenting opinion of Judges Gérard Niyungeko and Rafâa Ben Achour)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

016 2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Dissenting Opinion of Judge Rafaâ Ben ACHOUR)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

016 2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Dissenting Opinion of Judge Blaise TCHIKAYA)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

004 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Dismissal without notice
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Case Headnotes
It is apparent from the record, that, on 17 November 2009, following his success in a recruitment test, the applicant signed an employment contract for the position of Head of the Planning and Strategy Section at the State-owned Rwanda Electricity Corporation and Rwanda Water and Sanitation Corporation, which later became the Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA). On 13 April 2010, the applicant was dismissed without notice.
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

004 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda (Separate Opinion of Judges Rafâa Ben Achour and Blaise Tchikaya (26 June 2020))

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Dismissal without notice
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Case Headnotes
It is apparent from the record, that, on 17 November 2009, following his success in a recruitment test, the applicant signed an employment contract for the position of Head of the Planning and Strategy Section at the State-owned Rwanda Electricity Corporation and Rwanda Water and Sanitation Corporation, which later became the Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA). On 13 April 2010, the applicant was dismissed without notice.
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/28/26 - Oyekunle Jide v. Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
Journalist Oyekunle Jide filed an application before the ECOWAS Court after alleging that, while covering the #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja on 1 August 2024, Nigerian police assaulted him, detained him for approximately eight hours, confiscated his mobile phone, damaged his camera, and interfered with his work as a journalist. He further alleged violations of his freedom of expression, liberty, dignity, property, and privacy. The Court found that Nigeria unlawfully restricted his freedom of expression, arbitrarily deprived him of his liberty, subjected him to treatment contrary to human dignity, and unlawfully interfered with his property by confiscating his phone without legal justification. However, it found insufficient evidence to prove the alleged violation of privacy. The Court awarded ₦10 million in compensation for non-pecuniary damage and ordered Nigeria to report on implementation of the judgment within three months.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
22 يونيو 2026
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

MOSES ABIODUN V FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Human Rights Violations
  • IHRDA
  • Jurisdiction
  • Personal Liberty
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
Jurisdiction & Admissibility – The Court has jurisdiction under Article 9(4) of its Protocol; the Application was admissible. Arbitrary Detention – Applicant was detained from 2009 to 2025 without trial or formal charges, violating Articles 6 and 9 of the African Charter/ICCPR. Freedom of Movement – Prolonged detention violated Article 12 of the African Charter/ICCPR. Right to Fair Trial – Detention without trial for over 16 years breached Article 7(1)(d) of the African Charter. Cruel & Inhuman Treatment – Prolonged pretrial detention constituted inhuman and degrading treatment (Articles 5 and 7). Reparations – Court ordered immediate release and payment of 20 million naira in compensation; each party bears its own costs.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
15 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/35/25 Eliam Monsedjoueni Potey v. Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Practice a Profession
Case Headnotes
Jurisdiction: The ECOWAS Court has jurisdiction over alleged human rights violations by Member States. Admissibility: The case was admissible as the applicant was identified and no parallel international proceedings existed. Equality Before the Law: Alleged discrimination must be proven with objective evidence; mere claims are insufficient. Discretionary Promotion: Executive discretion in judicial promotions does not automatically violate equality rights. Reparations: Compensation is only awarded if a rights violation is established.
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
2 يوليو 2025
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
Comoros: 11° 38′ 44″ S, 43° 19′ 60″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/38/25 KINSOUGBO AMELE v. TOGO

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Due Diligence
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Right to Life
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • المقبولية
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Case Headnotes
Law enforcement officials must use force only as a last resort, particularly in protests. The State has a positive duty to protect the right to life and physical integrity of individuals, including children. Violations of rights to physical integrity and protection from cruel treatment attract reparations. Disabled children are entitled to special care and rehabilitation, but applicants must show that assistance was requested and denied. Lack of evidence on State negligence or failure to provide care can result in dismissal of related claims.
Country
  • Togo
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

008 2015 – Shukrani Mango and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (Dissenting Opinion of Justice Rafaâ Ben ACHOUR)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
lt emerges from the Application that the First Applicant, Shukrani Masegenya Mango, was charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court at Mwanza. On 7 May 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The Seventh Applicant, Samwel M Mtakibidya, was also charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court of Handeni, Tanga. Hewas convicted and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on 5 August 2002.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

008 2015 – Shukrani Mango and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Discrimination
  • Life imprisonment
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Work
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
lt emerges from the Application that the First Applicant, Shukrani Masegenya Mango, was charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court at Mwanza. On 7 May 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The Seventh Applicant, Samwel M Mtakibidya, was also charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court of Handeni, Tanga. Hewas convicted and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on 5 August 2002.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

008 2015 – Shukrani Mango and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion of Justice Blaise Tchikaya)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
lt emerges from the Application that the First Applicant, Shukrani Masegenya Mango, was charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court at Mwanza. On 7 May 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The Seventh Applicant, Samwel M Mtakibidya, was also charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court of Handeni, Tanga. Hewas convicted and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on 5 August 2002.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

4. App. No 053 2016 Oscar Josiah v United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
lt emerges from the file that the Applicant, Oscar Josiah and his wife, were married in 201 1 and were living together at Chankila village in the North West of Tanzania. At the time of their marriage, the Applicant's wife was pregnant by another man but apparently, the Applicant did not have any problem with this situation. The couple stayed together until 2 July 2012 when the wife gave birth to a child. On the same day, it is alleged that the baby died of unnatural causes after having been abandoned in the bush. A subsequent post-mortem medical examination revealed that the cause of the death was Hypoglycemia (lack of sugar in the blood) and Hypothermia (lack of bodily warmth). The Applicant and his wife were later charged with the offence of murder, the High Court acquitted the wife but convicted the Applicant and sentenced him to death. The Applicant subsequently appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania, but the Court dismissed his appeal for lack of merit, in its judgment delivered on 25 February 2016.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 3.1: Equality before the law
  • ACHPR 3.2: Equal protection of the law
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

042/2019 - Masudi Said Selemani v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
Masudi Said Selemani, a Tanzanian national, was convicted of murder by the High Court of Tanzania and sentenced to death by hanging. His conviction and sentence were upheld by the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. He subsequently filed an application before the African Court alleging that Tanzania violated several rights guaranteed under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights during his criminal proceedings and through the imposition of the mandatory death penalty
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

040/2019 - Mathew Jeremiah Daud v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
Mathew Jeremiah Daud was convicted of murder by the High Court of Tanzania and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty by hanging. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. He subsequently filed an application before the African Court alleging that Tanzania had violated his rights under the African Charter through the conduct of his criminal proceedings and the imposition of a mandatory death sentence. Because his application raised substantially the same facts and legal issues as Applications Nos. 039/2019 and 041/2019, the Court consolidated the three cases and delivered a single judgment
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

2. 025 2016 Kenedy Ivan v United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
Mr. Kenedy lvan (hereinafter referred to as "the Applicant") is a national of Tanzania, currently serving a 30 years prison sentence at the Butimba Central Prison for the offence of armed robbery
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

021 2015 – Kamdem Roger v. CIMA Case Summary

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • AfCHPR يظهر عدم الاختصاص القضائي
  • Workers' Rights
Case Headnotes
Mr. Roger Kamdem is a citizen of Cameroon, former Director of Insurance Company SAMRISSA (Automobile, Sickness, Fire and various Social Risks Insurance), Mr. Roger Kamdem is a citizen of Cameroon, former Director of Insurance Company SAMRISSA (Automobile, Sickness, Fire and various Social Risks Insurance), acting in its capacity as former Director and shareholder representing the majority of shareholders filed the Application against Member States of the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA).
Country
  • Non-State Actor
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2015 – Robert John Penessis v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
Case Headnotes
On 8 January 2010, Mr. john Robert Penessis was arrested by the Tanzanian Immigration authorities. He was subsequently charged, convicted and sentenced on 17 January 2011 to a fine of eighty thousand (80,00) Tanzanian Shillings or in default, two (2) years in prison and ten (10) strokes of the cane by the kagera Resident Magistrate for illegal entry and irregular presence in the territory of the Respondent State.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2015 – Robert John Penessis v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion By Judge Bensaoula Chafika (28 November 2019))

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
Case Headnotes
On 8 January 2010, Mr. john Robert Penessis was arrested by the Tanzanian Immigration authorities. He was subsequently charged, convicted and sentenced on 17 January 2011 to a fine of eighty thousand (80,00) Tanzanian Shillings or in default, two (2) years in prison and ten (10) strokes of the cane by the kagera Resident Magistrate for illegal entry and irregular presence in the territory of the Respondent State.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

007 2015 – Ally Rajabu and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion by Judge Blaise Tchikaya)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
On 12 September 2006, the Applicants were arrested at Mruma Village, Mwanga District in Tanzania, for killing one Jamal Abdallah. On 24 June 2008, they were charged with murder at the High Court of Tanzania in Arusha. On 25 November 2011, the High Court, found the Applicants guilty and sentenced them to death. Dissatisfied with that decision, they appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. On 22 March 2013, their appeal was dismissed. On 24 March 2013, the Applicants then filed an application for review, which was still pending before the Court of Appeal when they filed the present Application on 26 March 2015.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

007 2015 – Ally Rajabu and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion by Judge Blaise Tchikaya)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
On 12 September 2006, the Applicants were arrested at Mruma Village, Mwanga District in Tanzania, for killing one Jamal Abdallah. On 24 June 2008, they were charged with murder at the High Court of Tanzania in Arusha. On 25 November 2011, the High Court, found the Applicants guilty and sentenced them to death. Dissatisfied with that decision, they appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. On 22 March 2013, their appeal was dismissed. On 24 March 2013, the Applicants then filed an application for review, which was still pending before the Court of Appeal when they filed the present Application on 26 March 2015.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

007 2015 – Ally Rajabu and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
On 12 September 2006, the Applicants were arrested at Mruma Village, Mwanga District in Tanzania, for killing one Jamal Abdallah. On 24 June 2008, they were charged with murder at the High Court of Tanzania in Arusha. On 25 November 2011, the High Court, found the Applicants guilty and sentenced them to death. Dissatisfied with that decision, they appealed to the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. On 22 March 2013, their appeal was dismissed. On 24 March 2013, the Applicants then filed an application for review, which was still pending before the Court of Appeal when they filed the present Application on 26 March 2015.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/RUL/03/26 - Orikri Rhahor v. Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
Orikri Rhahor, a Nigerian citizen sentenced to death by hanging by the Delta State High Court on 10 July 2024, brought an application before the ECOWAS Court alleging that his criminal trial violated his fundamental human rights. He argued that the trial court relied entirely on the prosecution's evidence without properly considering his defence, resulting in an unfair trial and continued detention under a death sentence. Nigeria challenged the Court's jurisdiction, arguing that the ECOWAS Court could not review decisions of national courts. The ECOWAS Court rejected this objection, holding that while it is not an appellate court over national courts, it has jurisdiction to examine allegations that judicial decisions have resulted in human rights violations. The Court therefore declared the application admissible
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled admissible
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

041/2019 - Paschal Ligoye Mashiku v. United Republic of Tanzania (Consolidated with Applications Nos. 039/2019 and 040/2019)

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
Paschal Ligoye Mashiku was convicted of murder by the High Court of Tanzania and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty by hanging. His conviction and sentence were upheld by the Court of Appeal of Tanzania. He subsequently filed an application before the African Court alleging that Tanzania violated several rights guaranteed under the African Charter during his criminal proceedings and through the imposition of the mandatory death sentence. The Court consolidated his application with those of Chacha Jeremiah Murimi (Application No. 039/2019) and Mathew Jeremiah Daud (Application No. 040/2019) because they raised substantially similar legal issues concerning the mandatory death penalty.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/23/25 -Kabirou Mbodje vs. the Republic of Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Jurisdiction
  • res judicata
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
Case Headnotes
Principle of Res Judicata (non bis in idem) and its application in criminal proceedings Right to a Fair Trial and Rights of Defence under international human rights law Legal implications of absence of the accused during trial and counsel’s role Claims for Damages and Compensation for alleged violations of legal rights Abuse of court process and vexatious litigation claims Jurisdiction of the ECOWAS Court of Justice in human rights matters
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
12 أبريل 2025
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/14/26 - The Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v. Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Information / Digital Rights
  • Right to Privacy
Case Headnotes
SERAP challenged Nigeria's 2024 amendment to the Cybercrime Act, arguing that the cyberstalking provision (Section 24) was vague and had been used to suppress freedom of expression, information and media freedom through the harassment and prosecution of journalists, activists and social media users. Although the ECOWAS Court found the application admissible, it held that SERAP had not produced sufficient evidence either that the amended legislation was inherently incompatible with international human rights standards or that Nigerian authorities had arbitrarily applied it in the manner alleged. Accordingly, the Court dismissed all substantive claims on the merits and ordered each party to bear its own costs.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
15 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

038 2016 Gombert Jean Claude Roger v Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Joint separate opinion (Justice Ben KIOKO and Justice Angelo V. MATUSSE)

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Type of Document
  • Joint Declaration of Judges
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Application has its origin in a contractual dispute between private partieswhich was brought before the Respondent state's courts. The Applicantmainly alleges the violation by the said courts, of his rights to a fair trial asguaranteed by the Charter.
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

038 2016 Gombert Jean Claude Roger v Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Application has its origin in a contractual dispute between private partieswhich was brought before the Respondent state's courts. The Applicantmainly alleges the violation by the said courts, of his rights to a fair trial asguaranteed by the Charter.
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/25 Dorothy Bebe V. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Jurisdiction
  • Maputo Protocol
  • Rape
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Health
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Safe Medical Abortion
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
  • Women's Rights
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Applicant (Dorothy Bebe), a Nigerian citizen, alleges violation of her rights due to rape by a private individual and subsequent denial of safe abortion facilities. Applicant suffered mental and physical trauma, stigma, and discrimination due to denial of abortion access. The Defendant (Nigeria) denies violation, argues criminal nature of matter, lack of state responsibility for private acts, and cultural justification for abortion laws. The Court rejected Defendant’s preliminary objection on jurisdiction due to procedural grounds. The Court emphasized its jurisdiction to hear human rights violations but not to examine national laws in the abstract.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
4 أبريل 2025
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

Judgment on Merits (3 June 2016) 007.2013 – Mohamed Abubakari v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleged tha he was arrested by the police on 10 April 197 while he was in his home, and he was kept in police custody up to 14 April 1997.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/26 - High Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru v. Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleged that the Nigerian Supreme Court and its officials manipulated court processes relating to his presidential election appeal, thereby denying him a fair hearing and preventing him from assuming office as the alleged winner of the 2023 presidential election. The ECOWAS Court held that the allegations were unsupported by credible and sufficient evidence and dismissed the application in its entirety.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
15 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/20/26 - Kamana Piyabalo v. Togolese Republic

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges human rights violations stemming from: false accusations of weapon theft, arrest and maltreatment by national security agencies, extended preventive detention (16 months) without charge or court appearance, and failure to reinstate him to the army as promised.
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
18 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

1. 009 2015 – Lucien Ikili Rashidi v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges rhat he entered the Respondent State's territory in 1993 on a temporary visa. Thereafter, in 1999, his wife and children entered the country as refugess but did not go to the designated refugess camps - they rather lived with him in Dar es Salaam. In 2005, he applicant filed a civil case over a dispute with a retail trader. In 2006, he lost his passport and filed an application to DRC Embassey in Dar es Saleem for replacement. He was subsequently issued a certificate of loss of his passport, which was still valid and contained a visa to stay in the Tanzania till September 2006. However, on 9 June 2006, he was arrested by the Tanzanian immigration for residing illegallly in the country, while he was attending proceedings in his civil case
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

No 006 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleges that before 2013, he worked in the urban passenger transport sector, and on 18 June 2013, he approached the Services Control Authority in Rwanda to request a transport license, but his request was turned down on the grounds that licenses are granted to companies and not to individuals.
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

No 006 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda ((Dissenting opinion by Judges Bensa0oula Chafika to the Judgement of 4 July 2019

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleges that before 2013, he worked in the urban passenger transport sector, and on 18 June 2013, he approached the Services Control Authority in Rwanda to request a transport license, but his request was turned down on the grounds that licenses are granted to companies and not to individuals.
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

011 2015 – Christopher Jonas v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Theft
  • إقامة العدل
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleges that he had been charged and wrongly convicted for armed robbery with thirty (30) year custodial sentence; that the Trial Magistrate and the Appeal Court judges grossly erred in law.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

010 2015 – Amiri Ramadhani v. United Republic of Tanzania Judgement

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleges that he was charged on 2 March 1998 with the offence of robbery of a vehicle, attempted suicide and inflicting serious bodily harm on his person in Criminal Case No. 199/98 before the Arusha District Court; On 25 August 1999, the Applicant was convicted and sentenced to thirty (30) years, imprisonment for armed robbery,
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

007 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Applicant alleges that his Toyota mini bus vehicle was unjustly impounded by RAWMAGANA police from 28 January 2009 to 7 May 2009. After the end of the period, the police service admitted that the confiscation was illegal and provided him compensation in the amount of 34,200 Rwandan Francs. The Applicant submits that on 7 May 2009, immediately after the handover of the impounded bus, he drove it directly to the garage to repair it. on 31 May 2009, the vehicle was again confiscated by soldiers of the presidential guard.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

005 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda (Separate Opinion of Judges Rafâa Ben Achour and Blaise Tchikaya (26 June 2020))

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Insurance Claim
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges that on 3 March 2013, his vehicle was involved In a traffic accident with a Toyota Carina insured by CORAR Insurance Company, which was found to be at fault for the accident. Upon his request, he was offered and advance of One million Rwanda Francs, to repair his house, which had been destroyed by a natural disaster. He subsequently requested for compensation for the loss of income suffered during the three months that his vehicle was in the garage for repairs, but the company decline to pay, highlighting that the initial One million Rwandan Francs that had been paid to him for the repair of the vehicle had instead been used to renovate his house, which is the reason why the vehicle remained in the garage for an extended period of time.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

005 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Insurance Claim
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges that on 3 March 2013, his vehicle was involved In a traffic accident with a Toyota Carina insured by CORAR Insurance Company, which was found to be at fault for the accident. Upon his request, he was offered and advance of One million Rwanda Francs, to repair his house, which had been destroyed by a natural disaster. He subsequently requested for compensation for the loss of income suffered during the three months that his vehicle was in the garage for repairs, but the company decline to pay, highlighting that the initial One million Rwandan Francs that had been paid to him for the repair of the vehicle had instead been used to renovate his house, which is the reason why the vehicle remained in the garage for an extended period of time.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

009 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges that on 21 March 2009, a police seized his vehicle on the grounds that it had no motor vehicle license and a spare tyre. He was fined twenty thousand Rwandan francs (RWF 20,000) and “as security for this payment the police seized the yellow card”. The Applicant avers that on 23 March he paid the fine of Twenty Thousand Rwandan Francs, but the yellow card was not returned to him.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

018 2018 Jebra Kambole v. The United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Right to be Heard
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges that the Respondent State has violated his rights under the Charter by maintaining article 41 (7) in its Constitution, which provision bars any court from inquiring into the election of a presidential candidate after the Electoral Commission hasdeclared a winner.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

018 2018 Jebra Kambole v. The United Republic of Tanzania (Corrigendum to Judgment (30 July 2020))

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Type of Document
  • Revised judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Right to be Heard
Case Headnotes
The applicant alleges that the Respondent State has violated his rights under the Charter by maintaining article 41 (7) in its Constitution, which provision bars any court from inquiring into the election of a presidential candidate after the Electoral Commission hasdeclared a winner.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/26/25 - Mariame Kone-Toure v. ECOWAS Commission

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Practice a Profession
  • Right to Work
  • إقامة العدل
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Applicant challenged the fairness and legality of the recruitment process for the position of Head of Administration and Human Resources at the ECOWAS Court of Justice, alleging procedural irregularities, unequal treatment, and violation of her right to fair consideration for employment. The Court examined whether the ECOWAS Commission and the ECOWAS Court of Justice followed proper administrative procedures, respected equality among candidates, and ensured transparency in recruitment. The Court partially upheld the Applicant’s claims and issued appropriate remedies.
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
13 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

019 2015 – Femi Falana v. African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Jurisdiction
  • Relationship between AU mechanisms
  • Transitional Justice
Case Headnotes
The Applicant is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); he has filed the Application in his personal capacity and on behalf of the victims of alleged human rights violations in Burundi.
Country
  • AU / AU Organ
AfCHPR Ruling

011 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • المستوى المعيشي اللائق
Case Headnotes
The applicant states that as at 23 March 2013, his house had bee damaged by heavy rains, and that he subsequently tried to repair the damage in order to be able to shelter his family. However, that, some neighbors who did not want him to undertake the repairs sent confidential reports to the authorities claiming that no local authority could go to his house to assess the situation as the Applicant threatened to attack such persons with a machete. On basis of this false reports, the local authority representative went to inspect his house and take photographs of all the rooms, without permission, and in the end asked the Applicant to stop the repair work
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

011 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda (Separate Opinion of Judges Rafâa Ben Achour and Blaise Tchikaya (26 June 2020))

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • المستوى المعيشي اللائق
Case Headnotes
The applicant states that as at 23 March 2013, his house had bee damaged by heavy rains, and that he subsequently tried to repair the damage in order to be able to shelter his family. However, that, some neighbors who did not want him to undertake the repairs sent confidential reports to the authorities claiming that no local authority could go to his house to assess the situation as the Applicant threatened to attack such persons with a machete. On basis of this false reports, the local authority representative went to inspect his house and take photographs of all the rooms, without permission, and in the end asked the Applicant to stop the repair work
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

010 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The applicant states that he owns a Toyota Hiace minibus in respect of which he alleges to have paid his membership dues to ATRACO Minibus Driver’s Union on January 2008.However, his minibus was confiscated, as the officials were informed that he had not paid any money.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

010 2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda (Separate Opinion of Judges Rafâa Ben Achour and Blaise Tchikaya (26 June 2020))

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The applicant states that he owns a Toyota Hiace minibus in respect of which he alleges to have paid his membership dues to ATRACO Minibus Driver’s Union on January 2008.However, his minibus was confiscated, as the officials were informed that he had not paid any money.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

031 2015 – Dismas Bunyerere v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicant was arrested at Rubaragazi village following an attack that he and five (5) other persons perpetrated around Rubaragazi lsland on 7 September 2005 on Magongo William and Faida Charles who were fishing on a boat belonging to Gregory John Kazembe. They robbed the two (2) aforementioned fishermen of an out-boat engine, a fuel tank, a fuel line, an engine switch and forty-seven (47) fishing nets
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

031 2015 – Dismas Bunyerere v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion By Judge Bensaoula Chafika)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicant was arrested at Rubaragazi village following an attack that he and five (5) other persons perpetrated around Rubaragazi lsland on 7 September 2005 on Magongo William and Faida Charles who were fishing on a boat belonging to Gregory John Kazembe. They robbed the two (2) aforementioned fishermen of an out-boat engine, a fuel tank, a fuel line, an engine switch and forty-seven (47) fishing nets
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

027 2015 – Minani Evarist v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion of Justice Rafaâ Ben Achour)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Applicant was convicted and sentenced on 30 March 2006, to 30 years imprisonment for having committed the crime of rape of a fifteen (15) year old girl. The Applicant filed an appeal before the High Court of Tanzania at Bukoba and subsequently before the Court of Appeal. The High Court and the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence, respectively; and the Applicant filed an Application for review before the Court of Appeal on 19 August 2014. The Applicant alleges that this Application is still pending at the time of filing of the Application
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

027 2015 – Minani Evarist v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Applicant was convicted and sentenced on 30 March 2006, to 30 years imprisonment for having committed the crime of rape of a fifteen (15) year old girl. The Applicant filed an appeal before the High Court of Tanzania at Bukoba and subsequently before the Court of Appeal. The High Court and the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence, respectively; and the Applicant filed an Application for review before the Court of Appeal on 19 August 2014. The Applicant alleges that this Application is still pending at the time of filing of the Application
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

027 2015 – Minani Evarist v. United Republic of Tanzania (Joint separate opinion of Justices Ben Kioko, Matusse, Chizumila and Anukam)

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Type of Document
  • Joint Declaration of Judges
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Applicant was convicted and sentenced on 30 March 2006, to 30 years imprisonment for having committed the crime of rape of a fifteen (15) year old girl. The Applicant filed an appeal before the High Court of Tanzania at Bukoba and subsequently before the Court of Appeal. The High Court and the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence, respectively; and the Applicant filed an Application for review before the Court of Appeal on 19 August 2014. The Applicant alleges that this Application is still pending at the time of filing of the Application
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

2012.07.06 Pinheiro v Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Right to Self-Determination
Case Headnotes
The Applicant was denied admission into Ghana Law School on the basis that he was not a citizen of Ghana. He filed this suit, claiming a violation of his rights under the ECOWAS Treaty and its Protocols, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The case was dismissed on the grounds that the Applicant lacked locus standi to file an action against an ECOWAS Member State.
Country
  • Ghana
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
6 يوليو 2012
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 20 18

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • False Imprisonment
  • Military Tribunals
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
Case Headnotes
The Applicants averred that they are citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who are among people on death row in Nigeria after been sentenced by a Tribunal set up by the Military Government of Nigeria in 1995.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
29 يونيو 2018
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/29/25 L'Association des Utilisateurs des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication & Monsieur Ndiaga Gueye v. Senegal

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Keywords
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Internet Shutdown
  • Jurisdiction
  • Regional Judicial Body
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Work
  • Telecommunications Regulation
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Applicants challenge the internet and social media shutdowns ordered by the Senegalese government in June and July 2023 during political unrest linked to the trial and conviction of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The Applicants claim these shutdowns violated fundamental rights to freedom of expression, access to information, freedom of assembly, and the right to work. The Respondent justifies the shutdowns as necessary for public order and security, denying any violation of rights.
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
14 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 23 18

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Applicants have filed this suit for a violation of their rights to fair hearing and their rights to property by the Respondent.
Country
  • Liberia
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
4 يوليو 2018
Country Geolocation
Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

014 2015 – Jibu Amir Mussa & Another v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Retro-activity of offence
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicants jointly with others not before this Court stole an amount of twelve thousand (12,000) Tanzanian shillings from one, Frank Munishi, at his shop. During the robbery, one of the Applicants that is Jibu Amir shot Frank Munishi and his wife Gladiness Munishi with a pistol as the victims tried to flee from the scene of the crime. Frank Munishi was further stabbed by the other Applicant - Saidi Ally, with a "bush knife" to coerce him into giving the Applicants the money which he subsequently did, following which, the Applicants left the crime scene. Thereafter, neighbors of the victims converged at the crime scene and rushed the victims to Temeke Police station and subsequently to the hospital.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

014 2015 – Jibu Amir Mussa & Another v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate opinion by Judge Bensaoula Chafika)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Retro-activity of offence
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicants jointly with others not before this Court stole an amount of twelve thousand (12,000) Tanzanian shillings from one, Frank Munishi, at his shop. During the robbery, one of the Applicants that is Jibu Amir shot Frank Munishi and his wife Gladiness Munishi with a pistol as the victims tried to flee from the scene of the crime. Frank Munishi was further stabbed by the other Applicant - Saidi Ally, with a "bush knife" to coerce him into giving the Applicants the money which he subsequently did, following which, the Applicants left the crime scene. Thereafter, neighbors of the victims converged at the crime scene and rushed the victims to Temeke Police station and subsequently to the hospital.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

009 2016 Mamadou Diakite and Diakite Habibata B. Guindo v Republic of Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Peace and Security
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
  • إقامة العدل
Case Headnotes
The Applicants submit that, on 14 November 2012, their home was robbed and vandalized by unknown persons, but upon reporting their complaint to the Police Authority, no reply was received to their complaint. They therefore submit that the Bamako 12th District Police Headquarters constitutes a serious violation of their rights as enshrined in Article 3, Article 7, Article 14 and 23 of the Charter.
Country
  • Mali
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

015 2015 – Godfrey Antony and Another v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Applicants were charged before the Songea District Court on 7 May 1999 in Zanzibar Street, Songea Municipality, with one count of conspiracy to commit a crime and one count of armed robbery for threatening the cashier named Sophie Mwalango with a pistol, before snatching a box containing twenty thousand Tanzanian Shillings (TZS20,000) and 5 receipt booklets belonging to Steven Martin. The crimes are provided for and punishable under the Penal Code of the Respondent State respectively.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Case Summary 006 2015 Mr Nguza Viking and Mr Johnson Nguza V United Republic Of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Rape
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
The Applicants, Mr. Nguza Viking and Mr. Johnson Nguza are citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo and lived and worked as musicians in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The second Applicant (Johnson Nguza) is the first Applicant’s (Nguza Viking) biological son. All applicants were arrested on 12th day of October, 2003 and transferred to the Magomeni Police Station. The Applicants and another person (later known as a teacher) were arraigned before the Resident Magistrate Court of Kisutu (Dar es Salaam) on 16th day of October, 2003 and were charged with 10 counts of rape and 11 counts of sodomy.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/24/26 - Mr. Ramaglia Guiseppe & Anor v. State of Côte d'Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
The applicants, Ramaglia Guiseppe and Vincenzo Giuliano, alleged that Côte d'Ivoire unlawfully arrested and detained them in connection with allegations of trafficking in contraband goods, violated their property rights, and failed to guarantee a fair trial. The ECOWAS Court found that while most of the alleged violations were not established, the excessive length of the criminal proceedings violated their right to be tried within a reasonable time. The Court therefore found a partial violation and awarded appropriate relief.
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
18 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

024 2015 Werema Wangoko Werema et un autre c. République Unie de Tanzanie (Opinion Individuelle Conjointe des Juges Ben KIOKO et Tujilane CHIZUMILA)

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Type of Document
  • Individual Opinion
  • Joint Declaration of Judges
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Application relates to alleged human rights violations stemming from convictions and sentences of thirty (30) years' imprisonment and twelve (12) strokes of the cane each imposed on the Applicants for the crime of armed robbery. The Applicants are currently serving their sentence in Butimba Central Prison, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

024 2015 Werema Wangoko Werema et un autre c. République Unie de Tanzanie (Opinion Dissidente de Juge Blaise Tchikaya)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Application relates to alleged human rights violations stemming from convictions and sentences of thirty (30) years' imprisonment and twelve (12) strokes of the cane each imposed on the Applicants for the crime of armed robbery. The Applicants are currently serving their sentence in Butimba Central Prison, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

024 2015 – Werema Wangoko Werema and Another v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Application relates to alleged human rights violations stemming from convictions and sentences of thirty (30) years' imprisonment and twelve (12) strokes of the cane each imposed on the Applicants for the crime of armed robbery. The Applicants are currently serving their sentence in Butimba Central Prison, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

032 2015 – Kijiji Isiaga v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The Application relates to violations allegedly arising from a domestic procedure at the end of which the Applicant was sentenced to thirty (30) years of imprisonment with twelve strokes of the cane for inflicting bodily harm and aggravated robbery.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

040 2016 Mariam Kouma & Another v Republic of Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
Case Headnotes
The Application was filed by APDF and IHRDA on behalf of Mariam Kouma, amerchant in Bamako, and her son Ousmane Diabat6, and invokes the violation ofthe Applicants' right to a fair trial by the Respondent state.
Country
  • Mali
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW CCJ JUD 04 18 FAJ and Others v The Gambia compressed

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Right to Dignity
  • Transitional Justice
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
The case concerns crackdown on journalists during the Jahmeh era for reportage that were not favourable to the regime. All journalists concerned eventually went on exile after acquitted and released.
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
13 فبراير 2018
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/15/26 - Centre for Community Law v. Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The Centre for Community Law, acting in the public interest, challenged Nigeria's systemic practice of prolonged pre-trial detention and overcrowded correctional facilities. Relying on official prison statistics, it argued that the large number of awaiting-trial inmates and poor detention conditions violated multiple human rights under the African Charter. The ECOWAS Court held that Nigeria had failed to rebut the Applicant's evidence and found that the prolonged detention of awaiting-trial inmates and overcrowded prison conditions constituted systemic human rights violations. The Court ordered Nigeria to establish mechanisms for periodic judicial review of prolonged detention cases, implement a comprehensive prison decongestion policy, adopt non-custodial measures for minor and bailable offences, and submit a compliance report within six months
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
15 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

006 2016 Mgosi Mwita Makungu v United Republic of Tanzania lndividual Opinion of Justice Blise Tchikaya

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Type of Document
  • Individual Opinion
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The claim arises from the Respondent State’s alleged failure to provide the Applicant with certified true copies of the records of proceedings and judgments of the Criminal Case where he was charged with the offence of robbery with violence, and convicted and sentenced to fifteen (15) years imprisonment on 15 April 1996.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

006 2016 Mgosi Mwita Makungu v United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
The claim arises from the Respondent State’s alleged failure to provide the Applicant with certified true copies of the records of proceedings and judgments of the Criminal Case where he was charged with the offence of robbery with violence, and convicted and sentenced to fifteen (15) years imprisonment on 15 April 1996.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Chief Festus A. Ogwuche & 25 Others v The Republic Of Cote D’Ivoire & 14 Others

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Jurisdiction
Case Headnotes
The complaint is a response to a proposed amendment to A/P.1/7/79. The proposed amendment would incorporate the requirement of domestic remedies as a pre-requisite for admissibility to the ECOWAS Court. This particular judgment determines that not all of the states listed in the application can be parties, because the African Court does not have jurisdiction to hear complaints against them. The judgment, therefore, revises and renames the application.
Country
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cape Verde
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/22/25 Lat Diop v. Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Abuse of Power
  • Arbitrary Restriction
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Jurisdiction
  • State Internal Security
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Court affirmed its jurisdiction on human rights violation claims under Article 9(4) of the ECOWAS Protocol. The Applicant, a former minister, was prevented from boarding an international flight without formal notification or procedure. The Court found the restriction arbitrary and illegal, violating Article 12(2) of the African Charter. The Defendant failed to justify the restriction legally. The Applicant was awarded general damages of 6 million CFA Francs. The Defendant was ordered to cease restrictions and bear all court costs.
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
9 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

012/2020 - Guillaume Kigbafori Soro & Others v Cote D’Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Court found that the Applicants had seized the Court prematurely, since proceedings before domestic courts were still ongoing. Therefore, local remedies were not exhausted.
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

Kolawole O.A. Koiki v Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Human Rights Violations
  • IHRDA
  • Jurisdiction
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Court found that the Respondent violated the Applicant’s right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time under Article 7(1)(d) of the African Charter. The failure to reconstitute the NHRC Governing Council for six years prevented the NHRC from completing the investigation. The Court awarded 5 million naira as compensation. Each party shall bear its own costs. Country:
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
17 نوفمبر 2025
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

014/2018 - Ajaye Jogoo v Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Court ruled that the Applicant did not demonstrate that they tried to file cases in the Respondent State through a legal representative. Therefore, the Applicant failed to exhaust local remedies and the application was ruled inadmissible.
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

009/2020 - XYZ v Benin

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Court ruled that the application was inadmissible because the Applicant did not make an effort to take the matter to the Constitutional Court of Benin prior to making an application to the African Court. Therefore, the Applicant did not exhaust local remedies.
Country
  • Benin
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

058/2019 - XYZ v Benin

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The Court rules that since the present application had been commenced prior to the resolution of the matter before the domestic Constitutional Court, the Applicant cannot rely on the the domestic court's decision to justify the exhaustion of local remedies. Therefore, the application was ruled inadmissible.
Country
  • Benin
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/24/25 -Solomon Ekolama & Anor. v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Competence of the Court
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Intellectual Property
  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Information / Digital Rights
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Theft
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
The ECOWAS Court held that although the Applicants proved ownership of their copyrighted software through a valid copyright certificate, the Respondent’s alleged copying and use of the software did not amount to a violation of the right to property under Article 14 of the African Charter, since the Applicants were not deprived of their proprietary interest. The Court found that allegations of theft fall within the realm of criminal law and lie outside the Court’s jurisdiction. The claim under Article 26 of the ICCPR for equality before the law was dismissed for lack of factual basis. Claims under the Berne Convention, WIPO treaties, and the Nigerian Constitution were found inadmissible. All human rights claims were ultimately dismissed.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
12 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

020 2016 Anaclet Paulo v United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
The file record indicates that on the night of 28 July 1997, four individuals forced their way into the home of a certain Benjamin Mhaya Simon, in the village oflzingo Nshamba; and after tying up the latter and his wife, they made away with a sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Tanzania Shillings (TZS 800,000), a radio cassette player, five trousers, two wrist watches and three pairs of loin cloth. On the same night, the Applicant and three other individuals were arrested by the Police and charged with the offence of armed robbery with violence.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2017 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v Republic of Benin

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2017 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v Republic of Benin (Dissenting Opinion of Justice Chafika Bensaoula (March 2019))

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2017 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v Republic of Benin (Separate Opinion of Judge Gerard NIYUNGEKO)

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2017 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v Republic of Benin (Dissenting opinion by Judge Gerard Niyungeko on Judgment on Reparation)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2017 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v Republic of Benin (Order for provisional mesures (7 December 2018))

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Type of Document
  • Order for Provisional Measures
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

013 2017 Sébastien Germain Ajavon v Republic of Benin (Judgment on reparations(28th November 2019))

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Gendarmerie (para-military force) of the Autonomous Port of Cotonou and the Benin Customs Department received warnings from the Intelligence and Documentation Services at the Office of the President of the Republic about the presence of a huge quantity of cocaine in a container of frozen goods imported by the company-Comptoir Mondialde Neqoce (COMON SA) of which the Applicant is the Chief Executive Officer. Based on this information, a judicial inquiry was, on 28 October2016, instituted against the Applicant and three of his employees for the trafficking of eighteen (18kgs) of pure cocaine.
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

ECW/CCJ/JUD/22/26 - The Incorporated Trustees of Okpamakhin Community Initiative and seven others v Federal republic of Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
The Incorporated Trustees of Okpamakhin Community Initiative and seven others, acting on behalf of farming communities in Edo State, Nigeria, alleged that the Government unlawfully reallocated parts of the Owan Forest Zone to private investors for plantation projects, threatening their customary land rights, livelihoods, cultural heritage, and environmental interests. They further claimed that the Government failed to disclose information concerning the identity of investors and agreements relating to the forest allocation, thereby violating their right to receive information. The ECOWAS Court held that while the Applicants demonstrated a recognizable customary interest in the forest land, they failed to establish actual or imminent interference with their property rights or prove that the Government unlawfully denied access to information. Consequently, the Court found no violation of Articles 14 and 9 of the African Charter, dismissed all reliefs sought, and ordered each party to bear its own costs.
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
18 مايو 2026
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

016 2016 Diocles William v United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Rape
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
Case Headnotes
The record before the Court indicates that on 11 July 2010, at around 16:00hours, at Mbale Village, Missenyi District in Kagera Region, the Applicant who was twenty-two (22) years old at the time, allegedly raped a minor aged twelve (12) years.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Request for Advisory Opinion No.001 2013 Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) ENGLISH (2) (1)

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Type of Document
  • Advisory Opinion
Keywords
  • amicus curiae
  • Jurisdiction
  • Relationship between AU mechanisms
Case Headnotes
The request for Advisory opinion is submitted by the Socio Economic Rights and Accountability Project on the basis of clarifying whether the organization is recognized by the AU. SERAP argues it should be recognized by the African Union on the basis that is an African organization that is registered in Nigeria. SERAP also argues that due to its observer status with the African Commission it has the competence to request an opinion relating to any question within the scope of the ACFPR. But since SERAP doesn’t have a memorandum of understanding with the African union, it isn’t entitled to bring a request for advisory opinion before the court. The Court couldn’t give an opinion on the request due to not having personal jurisdiction.
Country
  • Nigeria
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

004/2023 - Moahd Kheriji Ghannouch & others v. Tunisia

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Type of Document
  • Order
Case Headnotes
The Respondent State applied for a revocation order. The Respondent State's central justification was that its conduct was already in compliance with the Court's order by the time the order was issued. The Court considered that reasoning insufficient and dismissed the Respondent State's request for a revocation of the order for provisional measures from 28 August 2023 in Application 004/2023.
Country
  • Tunisia
Country Geolocation
Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

003 2015 – Kennedy Owino Onyachi and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Extradition
  • False Imprisonment
  • Right to be Heard
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
TheApplicants,Mr.KennedyOwinoOnyachiandMr.CharlesJohnMwanikiNjoka,arecitizensof theRepublicofKenya.Theyareconvictedprisonerswhoarecurrentlyservinga sentenceof thirty(30)years'imprisonmentforthecrimeofaggravatedrobberyattheUkongaCentralPrisoninDaresSalaam,UnitedRepublicof Tanzania.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1 : Right to be Heard
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

22. App. No. 004 2011 – African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab JamahiriyaOrder for provisional measures Appl.004 2011

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Serious and Massive Violation of Human Rights
Case Headnotes
This is an application against the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) alleging serious and massive human Rights violations guaranteed under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Country
  • Libya
Country Geolocation
Libya: 32° 33′ 21″ N, 13° 16′ 48″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Mtilika v Tanzania Ruling on Reparation Appl.011 2011

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Reparations / Remedies
Case Headnotes
This is an Application for compensation and reparations pursuant to the Court's judgment of 14 June 2013 on Consolidated Applications Nos. 009/2011 and 011/2011. In the instant Application, the Court held that the Applicant's claims for pecuniary damages and legal costs were not proved and therefore, dismissed.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

003 2017 Interpretation of the Judgment of 18 November 2016 Actions pour la Protection des Droits de l'Homme V. Republic of Cote D'Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Interpretation of Ruling/Judgment
Keywords
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Interpretation of Case
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Transitional Justice
Case Headnotes
This is an Application for Interpretation of the Judgment of 18 November 20 16 in the Matter of Actions Pour la Protection des Droits de L'Homme v. Republic of Cote d' Ivoire
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 13.2: Right of equal access to the public service of the country
  • ACHPR 13.3: Right of access to public property and services
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

App. No. 002 2014 – Faustin Uwintije v. Republic of Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • إجراء AfCHPR
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
This is an order informing the applicant that the said application does not meet the requirements under Rule 34 of the Rules of the Court and as such, it cannot be entertained by the Court.
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

005 2015 – Thobias Mango and Another v. United Republic of Tanzania Summary

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
Thobias Mang’ara Mango and Mr. Shukurani Masegenya Mango (both citizens of the United Republic of Tanzania) allege a violation of their rights following their arrest, detention and the manner in which their various cases were treated before the domestic courts of the Respondent State in relation to the charges and conviction for armed robbery against them.
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

7 88 Committee for the Defence of Political Prisoners Bahrain...

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • False Imprisonment
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Bahrain
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr general comment no. 4 english

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Date Adopted
4 مارس 2017
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

7785 treaty 0025 protocol on the amendments to the constitutive act of the african union e(1)

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Date adopted
11 مايو 2003
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

Aumincom instr charter democracy 2007 eng

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Date adopted
30 يناير 2007
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

Communication 319 .06 eng

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Botswana
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 05 16

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
  • Personal Liberty
  • Sexual Offences
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
18 أبريل 2016
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 22 15

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Personal Liberty
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
23 أكتوبر 2015
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUG 04 09 Amouzou Henri & 5 Others v. Côte d’Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Fraud
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
17 ديسمبر 2009
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

EL HADJ TIDJANI ABOUBACAR v LA BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST et L ETAT DU NIGER

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Right to Property
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
  • Niger
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
8 فبراير 2011
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

SIDI AMAR IBRAHIM & AUTRES v LA REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
8 فبراير 2011
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

15 of 2014 Baranzira Raphael Ntakiyiruta Joseph vs Attorney General of the Republic of Burundi

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Country
  • Burundi
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Rights Violated
  • EAC Treaty 6(d)
  • EAC Treaty 7(2)
Country Geolocation
Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
EACJ Decision

62. General Comment No. 3 On The African Charter On Human And Peoples’ Rights

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Date Adopted
18 نوفمبر 2015
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

Guidelines on the Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and Pre Trial Detention in Africa

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

001 11 SO FO Femi Falana v. African Union

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Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Jurisdiction
Country
  • AU / AU Organ
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
AfCHPR Ruling

REFERENCE NO 2 of 2012 Democratic party VS SG and 4 Others

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Country
  • EAC / EAC Organ
  • State Agent
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Judicial Independence
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Rights Violated
  • Non Indicated
EACJ Decision

1. The East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013

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Date Adopted
11 أبريل 2013
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Rules of Procedure

4. Protocol on Employment and Labour English – 2014

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Date adopted
18 أغسطس 2014
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

328 06 Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda v Republic of Angola

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Self-Determination
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Angola
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Angola: 11° 12′ 10″ S, 17° 52′ 26″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

307 05 Obert Chinhamo Zimbabwe

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Competence of the Court
  • Education
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
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322 06 Tsatsu Tsikata Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Corruption
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Judicial Independence
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Retro-activity of offence
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Case Headnotes
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212 98 Amnesty International Zambia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Democracy
  • Discrimination
  • Expulsion from Country of Citizenship
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Participation in Government
  • Peace and Security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • State Internal Security
  • Use of force
Country
  • Zambia
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 10 : Right to Freedom of Association
  • ACHPR 18.1: Protection of women and children
  • ACHPR 18.2: Assistance to family
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Zambia: 13° 8′ 2″ S, 27° 50′ 58″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

17. Protocol on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Materials (2001)

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Date adopted
14 أغسطس 2001
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Treaty

01 2012 Frank David Omary and others v. Tanzania Order

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Type of Document
  • Advisory Opinion
  • Decision
Keywords
  • سحب الطلب
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

16. Protocol on Culture, Information and Sport 2001

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Date adopted
14 أغسطس 2001
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Treaty

59 91 Embga Mekongo Louis Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

19. Protocol on Legal Affairs (2000)

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Date adopted
7 أغسطس 2000
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Treaty

90 93 Paul S. Haye Gambia (The)

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Gambia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
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218 98 Civil Liberties Organisation, Legal Defence Centre, Legal Defence and...

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
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136 94 William A. Courson Zimbabwe

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • LGBTIQ
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Privacy
  • Rights of Minority Communities
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

1 88 Frederick Korvah Liberia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Corruption
Country
  • Liberia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

20. Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses (2000)

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Case Headnotes
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Treaty

14 88 Dr Abd Eldayem A. E. Sanussi Ethiopia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Ethiopia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

15 88 Mpaka Nsusu Andre Alphonse Zaïre (DRC)

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
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19 88 International PEN Malawi, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Kenya

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Cameroon
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

70 92 7AR Ibrahim Dioumessi, Sekou Kande, Ousmane Kaba Guinea

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Transitional Justice
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Guinea
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
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003 2011 Mkandawire v. Republic of Malawi SO DO Gérard NIYUNGEKO and EL HADJI GUISSÉ

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Malawi
Country Geolocation
Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

20 88 Austrian Committee Against Torture Morocco

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
Country
  • Morocco
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Morocco: 31° 47′ 30″ N, 7° 5′ 33″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
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73 92 13AR Mohammed Lamin Diakité Gabon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Expulsion from Country of Citizenship
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Property
  • Rights of Non-Nationals
  • Sexual Offences
  • إقامة العدل
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Gabon
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Gabon: 0° 48′ 13″ S, 11° 36′ 34″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

106 93 Amuh Joseph Vitine Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
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70 92 9AR Ibrahima Dioumessi, Sekou Kande, Ousmane Kaba Guinea

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Military Offences
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Guinea
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

73 92 7AR Mohamed L. Diakité Gabon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Expulsion from Country of Citizenship
Country
  • Gabon
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Gabon: 0° 48′ 13″ S, 11° 36′ 34″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

28. Protocol on Trade (1996)

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Date adopted
1 أغسطس 1996
Case Headnotes
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Treaty

Protocol

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Date adopted
6 يوليو 1991
Case Headnotes
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Treaty

147 95 149 96 Sir Dawda K. Jawara Gambia (The)

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Democracy
  • Discrimination
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Judicial Independence
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Military Dictatorship
  • Military Offences
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Participation in Government
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Gambia
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 10 : Right to Freedom of Association
  • ACHPR 11 : Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 20 : Right to Self-Determination
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
  • ACHPR 7.2 : Legal Offense without Retrospection
  • ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Supplementary protocol

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Date adopted
19 يناير 2005
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

37. MOU on Establishment of SADC Standby Brigade (2007)

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Case Headnotes
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SADC policy documents

38. MOU on New SADC Headquarters (2007)

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

33. SADC Mutual Defence Pact (2003)

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Date adopted
1 أغسطس 2003
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

39. Declaration Towards a Southern Africa Free of Anti Personnel Landmines (1997)

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Date adopted
8 سبتمبر 1997
Case Headnotes
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SADC Tribunal Softlaw

ECW CCJ JUD 10 15

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Benin
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
23 أبريل 2015
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court

97 93 14AR John K. Modise Botswana

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Botswana
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 13 : Right to Participate in Government
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

ECW CCJ JUD 19 16

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Insurrection
  • Military Tribunals
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
1 أبريل 2016
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
ECOWAS Court

70. APPL. 017 2016 NICHOLAUS JESHI V TZ English

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

72. SADC Resource Mobilization Strategy

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Case Headnotes
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SADC policy documents

Reference No.7 of 2013 Final 15th May 2c 2015 Very Final

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Country
  • Burundi
  • State Agent
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Rights Violated
  • Non Indicated
Country Geolocation
Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
EACJ Decision

76. SADC Handbook on Mainstreaming Gender in the Water Sector

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

68. Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan Water Sector Plan (2012)

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Case Headnotes
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SADC policy documents

236 00 Curtis Francis Doebbler Sudan

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Immorality
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

242 01 Interights, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, and...

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Corruption
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Mauritania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
Country Geolocation
Mauritania: 21° 0′ 28″ N, 10° 56′ 27″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 03 07 Moussa Léo Kéita v. Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
22 مارس 2007
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

272 03 Association of Victims of Post Electoral Violence & INTERIGHTS Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Due Diligence
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 01 08 Odafe Oserada v. ECOWAS Council of Ministers

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Participation in Government
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
16 مايو 2008
ECOWAS Court

Communication 318.06 eng

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Land Rights
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Rape
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to an Identity
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • Sexual Offences
  • Statelessness
  • Transitional Justice
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 13 : Right to Participate in Government
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Commission française Justice et Paix Ethiopia

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
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Aturu v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Education
  • Right to Education
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

Bob Ngozi Njoku Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

Centre for Independence of Judges and Lawyers v Algeria

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Algeria
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Algeria: 28° 2′ 2″ N, 1° 39′ 35″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

International PEN Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

International PEN Chad

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • False Imprisonment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Chad
Country Geolocation
Chad: 15° 27′ 15″ N, 18° 43′ 56″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Jean Yakovi Degli (on behalf of Caporal N. Bikagni) Togo

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Personal security
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Togo
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

012/2015 – Anudo Ochieng Anudo v. United Republic of Tanzania

Case Summary
The Applicant who is a citizen of the United Republic of Tanzania and Director General of an NGO named “Tanzania Human for People Rights” was expelled from the territory by the Tanzanian Immigration services because of corruption. contends that he was expelled “illegally” in inhuman, undignified and degrading conditions. He further submits that he and all his biological parents are Tanzanians by birth. His rights to citizenship as guaranteed by the Tanzanian Constitution and International Law have been violated.
Keywords
  • Expulsion from Country of Citizenship
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Tanzania
ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 13 : Right to Participate in Government
  • ACHPR 15 : Right to Work
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 17.2: Freedom to Participate in Community Cultural Life
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
ACHPR Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Duration of Procedure
24 مايو 2015 ~ 7 مارس 2017
Case Timeline
  • 24 مايو 2015 ~ 22 مارس 2018
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
AfCHPR Matter

016/2015 – General Kayumba Nyamwasa and Others v. Republic of Rwanda

Case Summary
The Applicants are citizens of the Republic of Rwanda who are currently in exile in South Africa, having fled from Rwanda, they allege that they are against the exercise in Rwanda to amend the Constitution to allow for the current President to run for the third term.
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Participation in Government
  • Transitional Justice
  • Withdrawal of Declaration under Article 34(6) - AfCHPR Protocol
Country
  • Rwanda
ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
  • ACHPR 13 : Right to Participate in Government
Outcome
  • Order of Provisional Measures
  • Outcome Inconclusive
Case Timeline
  • 22 يوليو 2015 ~ 3 يونيو 2018
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
AfCHPR Matter

ECW CCJ JUD 01 04 Afolabi Oladjide v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
  • Regional Judicial Body
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
27 أبريل 2004
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 21 18

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Investigation
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Life
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 15 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Discrimination
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
17 مايو 2016
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ APP 11 10

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
16 مايو 2012
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 02 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Military Offences
  • Personal Liberty
  • Theft
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Workers' Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
16 فبراير 2016
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

Cat

Preview
Date adopted
10 ديسمبر 1984
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

ICESCR

Preview
Date adopted
16 ديسمبر 1966
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

ECW CCJ APP 12 10

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 ديسمبر 2011
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

3. 656 17 Anas Ahmed Khalifa v. Egypt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Equality
  • False Imprisonment
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Judicial Independence
  • Military Tribunals
  • Personal Liberty
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Use of force
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

615 16 Medhat Mohammed Bahieddin Ahmed (represented by the Organisation of European Alliance for Human Rights and Ors) v. Egypt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Child Abuse
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Equality
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Judicial Independence
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Military Dictatorship
  • Military Offences
  • Military Tribunals
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Property
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • Women's Rights
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

5. 544 15 European Alliance for Human Rights (AED) and 3 Others v. Egypt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Equality
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • False Imprisonment
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Judicial Independence
  • Military Offences
  • Military Tribunals
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Work
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • Workers' Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

6. 592 15 Hesham Hamid Elshenna (represented by Prof. Mostafa Metwaly) v. Arab Republic of Egypt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Discrimination
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Equality
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • False Imprisonment
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Judicial Independence
  • Military Offences
  • Military Tribunals
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Offences by State agents in private capacity
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

UN Convention on the rights of the Child

Preview
Date adopted
2 سبتمبر 1990
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Achpr14eos decision 374 08 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Seychelles
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Seychelles: 4° 40′ 46″ S, 55° 29′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

11. 355 07 Hossam Ezzat & Rania Enayet (represented by Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights & INTERIGHTS) v The Arab Republic of Egypt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to an Identity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Rights of Minority Communities
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr17 129 94 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Due Diligence
  • Judicial Independence
  • Jurisdiction
  • Military Offences
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr18 135 94 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Declaration
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Kenya
Country Geolocation
Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr26 153 96 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Child Abuse
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Personal Liberty
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr27 205 97 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Self-Determination
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
  • ACHPR 3.2: Equal protection of the law
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr33 157 96 eng (1)

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Democracy
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Equality
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Military Dictatorship
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
Country Geolocation
Zambia: 13° 8′ 2″ S, 27° 50′ 58″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr34 240 01 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Due Diligence
  • False Imprisonment
  • Judicial Independence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Regional Human Rights Laws
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Botswana
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr33 233.99 234.99 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Discrimination
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Expulsion from Country of Citizenship
  • Forced Eviction
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Land Expropriation
  • Military Offences
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Rape
  • Regional Human Rights Laws
  • Right of Women to Inheritance
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Rights of Non-Nationals
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Use of force
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Country
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Eritrea: 15° 10′ 46″ N, 39° 46′ 56″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

12. 339 2007 Patrick Okiring and Agupio Samson (represented by Human Rights Network and ISIS WICCE) v. Republic of Uganda

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Due Diligence
  • False Imprisonment
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Judicial Independence
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Transitional Justice
  • Use of force
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Uganda
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Uganda: 1° 22′ 24″ N, 32° 17′ 25″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Mary Sunday Judgement

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Human Rights Violations
  • IHRDA
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Work
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
17 مايو 2018
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

Com 302.05 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • actio popularis
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Jurisdiction
  • pacta sunt servanda
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Specific Violation not Provided
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 349 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Judicial Independence
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Eritrea
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Eritrea: 15° 10′ 46″ N, 39° 46′ 56″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 17 15

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Fraud
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
6 أكتوبر 2015
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 18 15

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 أكتوبر 2015
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 08 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Togo
Year Decided
20 أبريل 2016
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ ADD 05 16 REV

Preview
Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Revision of Judgment
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
21 أبريل 2016
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ RUL 04 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Judicial Independence
  • Jurisdiction
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled admissible
Year Decided
11 أبريل 2016
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 29 18

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Forced Eviction
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Land Rights
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
11 ديسمبر 2018
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 01 19

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Fraud
  • Judicial Independence
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Year Decided
23 يناير 2019
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 17 18

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Corruption
  • Democracy
  • Discrimination
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Equality
  • Fraud
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
29 يونيو 2018
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ APP 16 11 GROUPE RACECO v. ECOWAS COMMISSION

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Right to Property
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 يونيو 2012
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 01 20 OUSAINOU DARBOE JUDGEMENT FINAL 20 January 2020 3

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death in custody
  • Democracy
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Use of force
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
20 يناير 2020
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 33 19 MARTHA ADAMU & 7 ORS V NIGERIA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Impunity
  • Military Offences
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Dignity
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
9 ديسمبر 2019
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 16 20 THE INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF LAWS & RIGHTS AWARENESS INITIATIVES v Nigeria

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Right to Information
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
10 يوليو 2020
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 18 20 Hon. Justice S. E. Aladetoyinbo vs. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Judicial Independence
  • Land Rights
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Year Decided
14 يوليو 2020
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ARRËT ECW CCJ JUD 13 20 Tahirou Djibo & 3 Autres v Niger

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
8 يوليو 2020
Country Geolocation
Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
ECOWAS Court

ARRËT ECW CCJ JUD 14 20 M. Ibrahima Kassus Diuoubate & K energie S.A. v Guinée

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Fraud
  • Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Guinea
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
9 يوليو 2020
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 15 20 UEFA POSTEL vCôte d'Ivoire et Côte d'Ivoire Telecom

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
9 يوليو 2020
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy En

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Date adopted
21 مارس 2006
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

CASE OF P.M. v. BULGARIA

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Date adopted
24 أبريل 2012
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CASE OF TRE TRAKT RER AKTIEBOLAG v. SWEDEN En

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Date adopted
7 يوليو 1989
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

ECOWAS Protocol A P.3 5 82 Relating to the Definition of Community Citizen

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ECOWAS Soft Law

Bodyprinciples

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Date adopted
9 ديسمبر 1988
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

General Comment No. 35 Article 9

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

BASICP 2

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Date adopted
14 ديسمبر 1990
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Treatmentprisoners

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Date adopted
30 أغسطس 1955
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

AFFAIRE DEBBOUB alias HUSSEINI Ali c. FRANCE

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Date adopted
9 نوفمبر 1999
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CASE OF SELMOUNI v. FRANCE

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Date adopted
28 يوليو 1999
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CASE OF LINGENS v. AUSTRIA

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Date adopted
8 يوليو 1986
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

001 105634

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Date adopted
12 أكتوبر 2011
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 21 20 Cheihk Gueye v Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
20 سبتمبر 2020
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

AFFAIRE VERA FERNANDEZ HUIDOBRO c. ESPAGNE

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Date adopted
6 أبريل 2010
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

Supplementary Protocol of ECOWAS on Democracy and Good Governance

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Date adopted
21 ديسمبر 2001
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

CASE OF G LE v. TURKEY

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Date adopted
27 يوليو 1998
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

ECW:CCJ:APP:05:06

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
22 مارس 2007
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW:CCJ:APP :07:12:

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Type of Document
  • Interpretation of Ruling/Judgment
Keywords
  • Interpretation of Case
Country
  • Benin
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
23 أبريل 2015
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court

Loayza Tamayo V. Peru

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Inter-American Court/Commission Documents

Rudyak V. Ukraine (Application no. 40514:06)

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Date adopted
4 سبتمبر 2014
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

KONSTAS v. GREECE

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Date adopted
24 مايو 2011
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CHAMBALA v ZAMBIA

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Date adopted
8 أغسطس 2003
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Gérard Bernard v. France

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Date adopted
23 أبريل 1998
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

Rojas DeNegri v Chile

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Inter-American Court/Commission Documents

Draft articles on Diplomatic Protection 2006

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Date adopted
10 فبراير 2006
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Mulezi Vs. Democratic Republic of Congo (2004)

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Date adopted
30 يوليو 2004
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples’Rights v. Burkina Faso

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Judicial Independence
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Neumeister v. Austria [27 Jun 1968] [EN]

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Date adopted
27 يونيو 1968
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 12 22 SERAP vs Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Right to Information
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
25 مارس 2022
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 16 22 Sunday Charles Ugwuaba vs. Rep of Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Implementation of Decision
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
28 مارس 2022
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 17 22 Incorporated Trustees v. Fed. Rep. of NIGERIA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
29 مارس 2022
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ARRËT ECW CCJ JUD 19 22 STSG Autres c LEtat du TOGO 29 03 22 (FR)

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
29 مارس 2022
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

NANA JO ENGLISH

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • IHRDA
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
5 يوليو 2023
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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Date adopted
4 أكتوبر 1967
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Decision on Communication 636 to Parties

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Expression
  • IHRDA
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Military Offences
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Family
  • Right to Health
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Use of force
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Burundi
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 11 : Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 18.1: Protection of women and children
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
Country Geolocation
Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

JUGEMENT WOAMEDE V REP TOGO

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Forced Eviction
  • IHRDA
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
13 مارس 2023
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

IHRDA CARL v S.L

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • IHRDA
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
8 يونيو 2023
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUDGMENT MOHAMED MORLU V SIERRA LEONE ENG

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • IHRDA
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Use of force
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
28 فبراير 2024
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

Amina Soumare EN

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Rape
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Mali
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

Communication 626 16 Fr

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Documents

Communication 430 12 En

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Documents

Communication 430 12 En

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Jack Rockson Eng

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Liberia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
6 يونيو 2024
Country Geolocation
Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 04 07 Alhaji H. Tidjani v. Fed Rep of NIGERIA & 4 Ors 28 06 07 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Theft
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Benin
  • Mali
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
28 يونيو 2007
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

COMMUNICATION 599 16 En

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Participation in Government
Country
  • Ethiopia
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 9 : Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 10 : Right to Freedom of Association
  • ACHPR 11 : Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • ACHPR 13.1: Right to participate freely in government
Country Geolocation
Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 05 08 Qudus Gbolahan Folami v. Community Parliament & anor 28 11 08

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
28 نوفمبر 2008
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 36 24 Chukwuemeka Edeh vs Federal Republic of Nigeria ENG

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
14 نوفمبر 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

Glory okolie vs Federal Republic of Nigeria ENG

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Rape
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Sexual Offences
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
21 نوفمبر 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 06 08 Dame Hadijatou Mani Koraou c. La Rép du NIGER 27 10 08 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Rape
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Women's Rights
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
27 أكتوبر 2008
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

Shalimar Abbuisi vs Republic of Ghana ENG

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Ghana
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
22 نوفمبر 2024
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
ECOWAS Court

Safinaz Bint Mohamed

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tunisia
Country Geolocation
Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

CHR, IRDA, LHRC v. Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • IHRDA
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1 : Right to be Heard
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 17 : Right to Education
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Lameck Bazil

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Brahim Ayed

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Fraud
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tunisia
Country Geolocation
Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Engcommunication 668 17 decision inadmissibility

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Kenya
Country Geolocation
Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW/CCJ/JUD/30/25 L'Agence Conseil en Communication et Évènementiel (INTERPUB) v. Guinea

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Dismissal without notice
  • Jurisdiction
  • Non Compliance
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
Case Headnotes
1. Jurisdiction: The Republic of Guinea challenged the jurisdiction of the ECOWAS Court of Justice to hear the dispute arising from a contractual agreement between a private entity and a Member State, raising important questions about the scope of the Court’s jurisdiction under the ECOWAS Revised Treaty and Protocols. 2. Contractual Obligations: The case concerned the alleged non-compliance by the Republic of Guinea with its contractual obligations under a Partnership Agreement signed for the organization of the 9th edition of the International Textile and Craft Show (SITA). 3. Role of the ECOWAS Court: The ECOWAS Court’s mandate includes resolving disputes involving Member States and other parties within the scope of the ECOWAS legal framework, including matters related to regional economic cooperation and implementation of agreed treaties and protocols. 4. Virtual Proceedings: The judgment was delivered virtually in accordance with Article 8 (1) of the Practice Directions on Electronic Case Management and Virtual Court Sessions, 2020, reflecting the Court’s adaptation to modern technological processes. 5. Parties: Applicant: L’Agence Conseil en Communication et Évènementiel (INTERPUB), a communication and event management agency based in Burkina Faso. Defendant: The Republic of Guinea, a Member State of ECOWAS and party to the ECOWAS Revised Treaty.
Country
  • Guinea
Outcome
ECOWAS Court declares itself incompetent
Year Decided
15 مايو 2025
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

Communication 728/19 - Ntahoturi Idelfonse c. La Republique du Burundi

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Country
  • Burundi
Country Geolocation
Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 650/17 - Kum Bezeng and 75 Others (Represented by Professor Carlson Anyangwe) v. The Republic of Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Cameroon
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 702/18 - Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi c. Union des Comores

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Country Geolocation
Comoros: 11° 38′ 44″ S, 43° 19′ 60″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 516/15 - Peter Ngoge and Everlyene Ekea v. Kenya

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Kenya
Country Geolocation
Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 454/13 - Nde Ningo v. The Republic of Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Equality
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1 : Right to be Heard
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 796/22 - Rose Modong Samuel and Three Others (Represented by John Gerry & Co. Legal Practitioners) v. South Sudan

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Forced Eviction
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Judicial Independence
  • Land Rights
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • South Sudan
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 10 : Right to Freedom of Association
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 12.1: Right to freedom of movement and residence within borders of State of legal residence
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 16.1 : Right to Enjoy the Best Attainable State of Physical and Mental Health
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 18.1: Protection of women and children
  • ACHPR 18.3 : Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 25: Duty to promote and ensure respect of the rights and freedoms contained in the Charter
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
South Sudan: 6° 52′ 37″ N, 31° 18′ 25″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 686/18 - Association des Femmes Avocates Défenseurs des Droits Humains, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa & Equality Now v. DRC

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Maputo Protocol
  • Military Offences
  • Personal Liberty
  • Rape
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Property
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Theft
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 588/15 Minority Rights Group International and Environnement Ressources Naturelles et Développement (on behalf of the Batwa of Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC) v. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Education
  • Forced Eviction
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Internal Displacement
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Rights of Minority Communities
  • المستوى المعيشي اللائق
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 17 : Right to Education
  • ACHPR 17.2: Freedom to Participate in Community Cultural Life
  • ACHPR 17.3: Promotion/Protection of Community Values
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • ACHPR 24 : Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 734/19: J (Represented by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA) & Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)) v. Namibia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Due Diligence
  • Equality
  • Investigation
  • Maputo Protocol
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women in prison
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Namibia
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 18.3 : Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Namibia: 22° 57′ 28″ S, 18° 29′ 25″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 480/14 - Senate Masupha & Others v. the Kingdom of Lesotho

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Inheritance/Succession
  • Maputo Protocol
  • Participation in Government
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right of Women to Inheritance
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Property
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Lesotho
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 13 : Right to Participate in Government
  • ACHPR 17 : Right to Education
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 18.3 : Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
Country Geolocation
Lesotho: 29° 42′ 54″ S, 28° 25′ 38″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW/CCJ/JUD/36/26: ADAMSAY KABIA & ANOR. V. REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Child Abuse
  • Child Marriage
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Equality
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Case Headnotes
Filed in February 2024 by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and AdvocAid Limited (ADVOCAID), the case challenged Sierra Leone’s failure to effectively respond to the child marriage of the minor, who was married at the age of 11 in 2016. The child marriage exposed her to a range of harms and vulnerabilities that ultimately culminated in her conviction in 2021 for the murder of her co-wife’s child. She was sentenced to detention at the Approved School at the pleasure of the President of Sierra Leone. She remained in detention for approximately four years until she received a presidential pardon in August 2025. The Applicants argued that Sierra Leone’s failure to prevent and respond to the minor’s child marriage played a significant role in placing her in circumstances that brought her into conflict with the law. The case highlighted systemic gaps in the country’s legal and institutional framework for protecting girls from child marriage and its harmful consequences. It is worth noting that while the case was pending before the Court, Sierra Leone passed the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2024 and the Child Rights Act of 2025, which expressly prohibit child marriage.
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
25 يونيو 2026
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/35/26- Professor Diallo Abdoulaye v. ECOWAS Commission

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Type of Document
  • Joint Declaration of Judges
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Case Headnotes
Professor Diallo Abdoulaye, a former Director of Human Resources Development at the West African Health Organization (WAHO), brought proceedings against the ECOWAS Commission seeking payment of unpaid acting allowances, per diem, and compensation arising from his employment. The ECOWAS Commission objected that the application was inadmissible because it was filed outside the applicable three-year limitation period and questioned the standing of the Applicant's counsel following Mali's withdrawal from ECOWAS.The ECOWAS Court held that the Applicant's counsel was properly entitled to appear before the Court despite Mali's withdrawal, since counsel was registered with the Bar of a UEMOA Member State. However, the Court found that although the Applicant had exhausted the internal administrative remedies available under the ECOWAS Staff Regulations, his right of action arose upon his retirement in December 2017, and the statutory limitation period expired on 31 December 2024. Because the application was filed on 16 July 2025, the Court declared it inadmissible as statute-barred and ordered the Applicant to bear the costs.
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
25 يونيو 2026
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/36/26 - Adamsay Kabia & AdvocAid Limited v. Republic of Sierra Leone

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Child Abuse
  • Child Marriage
  • Discrimination
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Case Headnotes
Adamsay Kabia alleged that she was forced into marriage at the age of 11, became a child bride, and was later prosecuted for murder at the age of 15 after the death of her husband's young son. Together with AdvocAid Limited, she argued that Sierra Leone failed to prohibit child marriage effectively, failed to investigate and prosecute those responsible for her child marriage despite having knowledge of her age, and failed to protect her from gender-based discrimination and violence.The ECOWAS Court rejected Sierra Leone's objections to jurisdiction and admissibility, holding that the case concerned human rights violations arising from child marriage rather than an appeal against the domestic murder conviction. On the merits, the Court found that Sierra Leone had not demonstrated that its legislative framework was effectively implemented to prohibit child marriage, had failed to investigate and prosecute those responsible despite clear evidence that the Applicant was a child, and had failed to protect her from gender-based discrimination. The Court awarded the Applicant the equivalent of USD 10,000 in compensation, ordered the State to investigate and prosecute those responsible for her child marriage, provide psychological rehabilitation, reform its legislative framework to ensure 18 years as the minimum age of marriage without exception, strengthen institutional safeguards, and report back to the Court within six months on implementation.
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
25 يونيو 2026
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

Advisory Opinion no 002 2013

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Type of Document
  • Advisory Opinion
Keywords
  • Relationship between AU mechanisms
Country
  • AU / AU Organ
AfCHPR Ruling

7804 treaty 0045 protocol on amendments to the protocol on the statute of the african court of justice and human rights e compressed

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Date adopted
27 يونيو 2014
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

01/10 Fick, Campbell & 2 Others v Zimbabwe

Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Non Compliance
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Duration of Procedure
~ 16 يوليو 2010
Case Timeline
  • ~ 16 يوليو 2010
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC Tribunal Matter

02/08 Gideon Theron v. Zimbabwe & 2 Others

Country
  • Zimbabwe
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC Tribunal Matter

Achpr guidelines on policing assemblies fre

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Date Adopted
4 مارس 2017
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

27. Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community

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Date adopted
3 مايو 1991
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

33. Protocol to the OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism

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Date adopted
8 يوليو 2004
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

ECW CCJ JUD 13 16

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Complicity in Crime
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Insurrection
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
17 مايو 2016
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 23 15

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Transitional Justice
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
23 أكتوبر 2015
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 07 10 The Registered Trustees of the Socio economic and Accountability...

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Education
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
30 نوفمبر 2010
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 05 09 The National Co ordinating Group of Departmental Representatives of...

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
17 ديسمبر 2009
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

43. Resolution on Electoral Process and Participatory Governance

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

44. Resolution on Granting Observer Status for National Human Rights Institutions

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

MADAME AMEGANVI MANAVI ISABELLE ET 8 AUTRES v L ETAT DU TOGO

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 أكتوبر 2011
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

57. Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

AG Uganda v Omar Awadh and 6 Others

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Country
  • State Agent
Keywords
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Rights Violated
  • Non Indicated
EACJ Decision

58. General Comment No 4 on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights The Right to Redress for Victims of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

50. Principles and Guidelines on the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

64. General Comment No. 2 on Article 14.1 (a), (b), (c) and (f) and Article 14. 2 (a) and (c) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Afri

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Date Adopted
12 مايو 2014
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

004 11 AC African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights v. Libya (amicus curiae)

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • amicus curiae
Country
  • AU / AU Organ
  • Libya
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Libya: 32° 33′ 21″ N, 13° 16′ 48″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

007 12 Baghdadi Ali Mahmoudi v. Tunisia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • actio popularis
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • إجراء AfCHPR
  • إقامة العدل
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Tunisia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Ruling Ref No 2 of 2010

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Country
  • State Agent
Keywords
  • Workers' Rights
Outcome
Struck Out
Rights Violated
  • Non Indicated
EACJ Decision

Kigali Declaration, 2003

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Date Adopted
8 مايو 2003
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

45. Karata Ernest v. The United Republic of Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Parties to a Suit
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

286 04 Communication 286 2004 – Dino Noca vs Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

4. East African Court of Justice Arbitration Rules

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Date Adopted
13 مارس 2012
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Rules of Procedure

03 2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

1. Amended SADC Treaty

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Date adopted
9 سبتمبر 2009
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

407 11 Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargsyan v the Republic of Kenya

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Kenya
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

331 06[R] Kamanakao Association, Reteng & Minority Rights Group v Botswana

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
  • Revised judgement
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
  • Review
  • Revision of Judgment
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Botswana
Country Geolocation
Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

05 2013 Alex Thomas v Tanzania Judgment

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Jurisdiction
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

379 09 Monim Elgak, Osman Hummeida and Amir Suliman (represented by FIDH and OMCT) v...

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Work
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 9 : Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 12 : Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 12.1: Right to freedom of movement and residence within borders of State of legal residence
  • ACHPR 15 : Right to Work
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

243 01 Women's Legal Aid Center (on behalf of Sophia Moto) Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Divorce
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1 : Right to be Heard
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

253 02 Antonie Bissangou Congo

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Insurrection
  • Military Offences
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Offences by State agents in private capacity
  • Peace and Security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
Country Geolocation
Republic of the Congo: 0° 13′ 41″ S, 15° 49′ 40″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

299 05 Anuak Justice Council Ethiopia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Death Sentence
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Forced Eviction
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Insurrection
  • Internal Displacement
  • Investigation
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Military Offences
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Rape
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Rights of Minority Communities
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • Women's Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Ethiopia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

304 05 FIDH, Organisation nationale des droits de l'Homme (ONDH) and Rencontre...

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Equality
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Impunity
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Participation in Government
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Transitional Justice
  • العفو
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Senegal
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

143 95 150 96 Constitutional Rights Project and Civil Liberties Organisation ...

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Democracy
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Judicial Independence
  • Military Dictatorship
  • Peace and Security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

226 99 Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes du Sénégal (UNSAS) Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Senegal
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

39 90 10AR Annette Pagnoulle (on behalf of Abdoulaye Mazou) Cameroon

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 15 : Right to Work
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

39 90 8AR Annette Pagnoulle Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Transitional Justice
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

86 93 M. S. Ceesay Gambia (The)

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Gambia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

92 93 International PEN (in respect of Kemal al Jazouli) Sudan

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

135 94 Kenya Human Rights Commission Kenya

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Forced Eviction
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Judicial Independence
  • Jurisdiction
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Specific Violation not Provided
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Kenya
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

12 88 Mohemed El Nekheily OAU

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
  • المقبولية
Country
  • AU / AU Organ
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

23. Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement (1999)

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Date adopted
18 أغسطس 1999
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

107 93 Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities Nigeria

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

6 88 Dr Kodji Kofi Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Ghana
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

003 2011 Mkandawire v. Republic of Malawi SO Gérard NIYUNGEKO

Preview
Type of Document
  • Separate Opinion
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Malawi
Country Geolocation
Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

21 88 Centre haitien des libertés publiques Ethiopia

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Ethiopia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

24 89 Union nationale de libération de Cabinda Angola

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Complaint against non-State Party
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Angola
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Angola: 11° 12′ 10″ S, 17° 52′ 26″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

01 2012 Frank David Omary and others v. Tanzania Ruling

Preview
Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to Work
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

47 90 Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Zaire

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

294 04 ZLHR and IHRDA on behalf of Andrew Meldrum v Zimbabwe

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Expulsion from Country of Citizenship
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Judicial Independence
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Regional Human Rights Laws
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Work
  • Rights of Non-Nationals
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 9 : Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 12.4: Condition for Expulsion on Non-Nationals
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

34. MOU on Standardisation, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (2000)

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

Protocol on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking 1996

Preview
Date adopted
1 نوفمبر 2006
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

201 97 Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights Egypt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Offences by State agents in private capacity
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ALIYU TASHEKU V FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • res judicata
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
12 يونيو 2012
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

47. Windhoek Declaration on SADC and International Cooperating Partners (2006)

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC Tribunal Softlaw

46. Declaration on Agriculture & Food Security (2004)

Preview
Date adopted
15 مايو 2004
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC Tribunal Softlaw

SERAP V FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
14 ديسمبر 2012
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

53. Regional Water Policy (2005)

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

262 02 Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Cote d'Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Constitutional Amendment
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Participation in Government
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to an Identity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Nationality and Nationality Rights
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Fr. Judgment Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Republic of Rwanda opt

Preview
Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Transitional Justice
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Rwanda
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

69. Appl.015 2016 Habiyalimana Augustino v Tanzania English

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

CLAIM NO 1 OF 2012

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Country
  • EAC / EAC Organ
Keywords
  • Workers' Rights
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Rights Violated
  • Non Indicated
EACJ Decision

61. Onyango Judgment

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

KAYUMBA NYAMWASA & OTHERS V. REPUBLIC OF RWANDA(1)

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
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71. APPL. N0 018 2016 COSMA FAUSTIN V TANZANIA English

Preview
Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Right to Life
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

1. UN Charter 2

Preview
Date adopted
24 أكتوبر 1945
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

58. Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

ECW CCJ JUD 01 05 Chief Frank C. Ukor v. Rachad Laleye and Benin

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • Discrimination
  • Fraud
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Benin
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
2 نوفمبر 2007
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 03 05 Jerry Ugokwe v. Nigeria

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
7 أكتوبر 2005
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 05 07 Etim Moses Essien v. The Gambia

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Gambia
Year Decided
29 أكتوبر 2007
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court

59. SADC Strategy for Pooled Procurement of Essential Medicines and Health Commodities, 2013 2017

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

ECW CCJ JUD 04 12 Mme Aziablevi Yovo et 31 autres v Societe Togo Telecom et Etat Togolais

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Death of party in a case
  • Equality
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
31 يناير 2012
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 05 12 BARTHELEMY DIAS v REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Constitutional Amendment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
23 مارس 2012
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

General Comment Article 30 ACRWC English

Preview
Date adopted
8 نوفمبر 2013
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACERWC Softlaw

ECW CCJ JUD 06 12 Mme Isabelle Manavi AMEGANVI et Autres v L Etat Togolais

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Participation in Government
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
13 أبريل 2012
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 09 15

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Procedures of Regional Judicial Mechanisms
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Benin
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
23 أبريل 2015
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court

2. Mohamad v Algeria (2000) AHRLR 15 (ACHPR 1994)

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Algeria
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Algeria: 28° 2′ 2″ N, 1° 39′ 35″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Alhassan Abubakar Ghana

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Competence of the Court
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • False Imprisonment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Ghana
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 10 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
17 مايو 2017
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

Congress for the Second Republic of Malawi Malawi

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Specific Violation not Provided
Country
  • Malawi
Country Geolocation
Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Coordinating Secretary of the Free Citizens Convention Ghana

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Ghana
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Henry Kalenga

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • False Imprisonment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Zambia
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Zambia: 13° 8′ 2″ S, 27° 50′ 58″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Bariga v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Nigeria
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Union des Scolaires Nigériens and Another v Niger

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Niger
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Congress for the Second Republic of Malawi v Malawi

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Malawi
Country Geolocation
Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

International Pen v Chad

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Death of party in a case
  • False Imprisonment
Country
  • Chad
Country Geolocation
Chad: 15° 27′ 15″ N, 18° 43′ 56″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

International Pen v Burkina Faso

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 28 15

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Internal Displacement
  • Revision of Judgment
  • Right to Privacy
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Workers' Rights
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
2 ديسمبر 2015
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 24 18

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Inter-Tribal Disputes
  • Internal Displacement
  • Land Rights
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to an Identity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Self-Determination
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
4 يوليو 2018
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 07 17

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Guinea
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
29 أبريل 2017
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 09 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Liquidation of Company
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
17 مايو 2016
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

SADC Treaty

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Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
SADC policy documents

ACERWC Communication Guidelines 2011

Preview
Date adopted
23 أغسطس 2011
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACERWC Softlaw

Rules of Procedure of the African Commission

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Date Adopted
12 مايو 2010
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACmHPR Soft Law

7. 614 16 Mr. Eid Mohammed Ismil Dahrooj amd two others (represented by AED and 4 others) v. Arab Republic of Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Child Abuse
  • Competence of the Court
  • Corruption
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • False Imprisonment
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Military Offences
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
  • Women's Rights
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

17. 434 12 Filimao Pedro Tivane (represented by Dr. Simeao Cuamba) v. Mozambique

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Land Expropriation
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Rent Disputes
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Mozambique
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 56.5: Exhaustion of local remedies
Country Geolocation
Mozambique: 18° 39′ 57″ S, 35° 31′ 46″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

ECW CCJ JUD 25 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
11 أكتوبر 2016
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
ECOWAS Court

Achpr10eo decis 372gtk ethiopia 2011 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Declaration
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Judicial Independence
  • Revision of Judgment
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Ethiopia
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 56.5: Exhaustion of local remedies
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr16eos decis 260 02 cameroon eng

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Corruption
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Judicial Independence
  • Jurisdiction
  • Review
  • Revision of Judgment
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr11eo decis 340 07 zimbabwe 2012 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Declaration
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Judicial Independence
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Rape
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • Sexual Offences
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 56.5: Exhaustion of local remedies
  • ACHPR 56.6. Submission within reasonable period
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr28 231 99 eng

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Jurisdiction
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Burundi
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr29 207 97 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Declaration
Keywords
  • Child Abuse
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Education
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Education
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
Country
  • Gambia
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr33 261 02 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Declaration
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Judicial Independence
  • Participation in Government
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 477

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Documents

Achpreos9 306 05 eng

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • amicus curiae
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality
  • Forced Eviction
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Freedom of Association
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Participation in Government
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Regional Human Rights Laws
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Property
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Women's Rights
  • المقبولية
Country
  • Zimbabwe
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Achpr46 310 05 eng

Preview
Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Impunity
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Judicial Independence
  • Non Compliance
  • Personal Liberty
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Dalia Lotfy on behalf Ahmed Bassiouny V. The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Country Accused
  • Egypt
Outcome
  • Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
31 مايو 2017
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ACERWC Decision on Communication

ECW CCJ JUG 08 11 CHEIKH ABDOULAYE MBENGUE v REPUBLIQUE DU MALI

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Fraud
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 أكتوبر 2011
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 07 11 OCEAN KING NIG LTD v REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Senegal
Year Decided
8 يوليو 2011
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUG 06 12 Mme Isabelle Manavi AMEGANVI et Autres v L Etat Togolais

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Year Decided
12 مارس 2012
ECOWAS Court

HISSEIN HABRE c REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL2013

Preview
Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Equality
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Judicial Independence
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Privacy
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
5 نوفمبر 2013
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 05 13 Sow Bertin Agba v. Rep of TOGO

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Fraud
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
11 يونيو 2013
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

1995 Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

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Date Adopted
11 أكتوبر 1995
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Rules of Procedure

ECW CCJ JUD 08 15

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
24 أبريل 2015
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 13 15

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
30 يونيو 2015
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 26 16

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Fraud
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Year Decided
12 أكتوبر 2016
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 01 18

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
  • Revised judgement
Keywords
  • Review
  • Revision of Judgment
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
7 فبراير 2018
ECOWAS Court

Bintou cisse c Guinee (jugement)

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death in custody
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Investigation
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Guinea
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
23 أبريل 2018
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 02 19

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
24 يناير 2019
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 04 13 Messrs Abdoulaye Baldé v. Rep of SENEGAL 22 02 13 vA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Corruption
  • Democracy
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Fraud
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
  • Judicial Independence
  • Jurisdiction
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
22 فبراير 2013
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 04 14 Mr Boureima Sidi Cissé v. Rep of MALI 12 02 14 vA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Peace and Security
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
12 فبراير 2014
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 20 19

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Liquidation of Company
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
15 مايو 2019
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 06 19

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Insurrection
  • Inter-Tribal Disputes
  • Investigation
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
26 فبراير 2019
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 13 12 Badini Salfo v. BURKINA FASO 31 10 12 vA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Complicity in Crime
  • Equality
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Privacy
  • State Internal Security
  • Theft
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
31 أكتوبر 2012
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 01 14 PTE Alimu Akeem v. Fed Rep of NIGERIA 28 01 14 vA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Personal Liberty
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Health
  • State Internal Security
  • Theft
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
28 يناير 2014
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 24 15 Stella Ifeoma N. & 20 Ors v. Fed Rep of NIGERIA 30 11 15 vA

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death in custody
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
30 نوفمبر 2015
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

001 2017 – Alfred Agbes Woyome v. Republic of Ghana (Order for provisional mesures (24 November 2017))

Preview
Type of Document
  • Order for Provisional Measures
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Ghana
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

001 2017 Alfred Agbes Woyome c. République du Ghana (Dissenting Opinion of Judge Gérard Niyungeko (28 June 2019))

Preview
Type of Document
  • Dissenting opinion
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Ghana
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

Supplementary act A SA 1 12 16 relating to the enhancement of the powers of the ECOWAS Parliament

Preview
Treaty Series No
A/SA. 1/12/16
Date adopted
17 ديسمبر 2016
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)

Preview
Date adopted
4 نوفمبر 1969
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Banjul charter

Preview
Treaty Series No
OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 (1982)
Date adopted
27 يونيو 1981
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

Human Rights Committee Comments on No.34

Preview
Date adopted
29 يوليو 2011
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Rules of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States.

Preview
Date adopted
3 يونيو 2002
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

ECOWAS Convention A P4 5 82 Relating to Inter States Road Transit of Goods

Preview
Treaty Series No
A/P.4/5/82
Date adopted
8 يوليو 1965
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Treaty

Ako v West African Monetary Agency & Ors. (28 of 15)

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Documents

CASE OF M.C. v. BULGARIA

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Date adopted
4 ديسمبر 2003
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

Velasquez case

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Inter-American Court/Commission Documents

CASE OF GARCÍA LUCERO ET AL. v. CHILE

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Inter-American Court/Commission Documents

CASE OF DE CUBBER v. BELGIUM 9186 80 En

Preview
Date adopted
26 أكتوبر 1984
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

Kurt v Turkey

Preview
Date adopted
25 مايو 1998
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CASE OF AKICI v. TURKEY

Preview
Date adopted
8 يوليو 1999
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CCPR C 106 D 1912 2009 EN

Preview
Date adopted
9 يوليو 2013
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Working group report

Preview
Date adopted
28 يناير 2013
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

CASE OF CASTELLS v. SPAIN

Preview
Date adopted
23 أبريل 1992
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

ECW CCJ JUD 23 20 Siny Dieng c Sénégal

Preview
Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Fraud
  • Money Laundering
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • إقامة العدل
Country
  • Senegal
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
26 أكتوبر 2020
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

CASE OF MORICE v. FRANCE

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Date adopted
23 أبريل 2015
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

CASE OF THE SANTO DOMINGO MASSACRE v. COLOMBIA

Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Inter-American Court/Commission Documents

CASE OF JAMES AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM En

Preview
Date adopted
21 فبراير 1986
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
EU document

General comment no 4 cescr

Preview
Date adopted
13 ديسمبر 1991
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Pinheiro Principles

Preview
Date adopted
28 يونيو 2005
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

ECOWAS Tenders Code

Preview
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
ECOWAS Soft Law

UN Declation on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

Preview
Date adopted
29 يونيو 2006
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

General Comment N° 8 of the Human Rights Committee

Preview
Date adopted
30 يونيو 1982
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
UN Document

Declaration of the Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crimiality and Victims of abuse of Powers,

Preview
Date adopted
29 نوفمبر 1985
Case Headnotes
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UN Document

CASE OF MAKARATZIS v. GREECE

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Date adopted
20 ديسمبر 2004
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EU document

INTCCPR423903

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Date adopted
9 أبريل 1981
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UN Document

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non custodial Measures

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Date adopted
14 ديسمبر 1990
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UN Document

Basic Principles on Use of Force

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Date adopted
7 سبتمبر 1990
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UN Document

Codeofconduct

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Date adopted
17 ديسمبر 1979
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UN Document

CASE OF ANGUELOVA v. BULGARIA

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Date adopted
13 يونيو 2002
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EU document

General Comment No. 32, Right to equality before the courts and tribunals and to a fair trial, 90th Session (2007) of the United Nations Human Rights Committee,

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Date adopted
23 أغسطس 2007
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UN Document

Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V to the 1980 CCW Convention), 28 November 2003

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Date adopted
28 نوفمبر 2003
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UN Document

CASE OF M.S.S. v. BELGIUM AND GREECE

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Date adopted
21 يناير 2011
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EU document

Gahramanov v. Azerbaijan (Application no. 26291:06)

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Date adopted
15 أكتوبر 2013
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EU document

Assenov V.Bulgaria, (1998) EHRR

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Date adopted
28 أكتوبر 1998
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EU document

A v. The United Kingdom judgment

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Date adopted
23 سبتمبر 1998
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EU document

Sankara vs. Burkina Faso (2006)

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Date adopted
11 أبريل 2006
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UN Document

398 11 IHRDA OCDH v Congo

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Death in custody
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • IHRDA
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Republic of the Congo: 0° 13′ 41″ S, 15° 49′ 40″ E
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637:16 and 639:16 Mr. Mohammed Abdel Hay Faramawy and 2 Ors (Represented by Dr. Abdel Hay Faramawy and 4 Ors) v Arab Republic of Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Equality
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
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Document

705:18 Emil Touray and Saikou Jammeh (represented by IHRDA and Sagar Jahateh) v The Republic of The Gambia

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • سحب الطلب
Country
  • Gambia
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Case Headnotes
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Document

ECW:CCJ:JUD04:21

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Dismissal without notice
  • Equality
  • Right to Work
  • Theft
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled admissible
Year Decided
7 يوليو 2021
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

ECW:CCJ:JUD:05:21

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Extension of Time
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Ruled admissible
Year Decided
9 مارس 2021
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW:CCJ:JUD:06:21

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
10 مارس 2021
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 09 21 Kodjo Alain Victor Claude vs. REP. of COTE DIVOIRE 26 04 21 certified copy

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Fraud
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
26 أبريل 2021
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 32 21 LES HERITIERS DIBRAHIM MAINASSARA BARE c ETAT DU NIGER22387

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Revision of Judgment
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
21 أكتوبر 2021
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 39 21 KOMLAN RAYMOND KOUDO v ECOWAS PARLIAMENT 2

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
27 أكتوبر 2021
ECOWAS Court

Ekundayo Idris vs Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality
  • Rape
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
24 مارس 2022
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

Test 2

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Documents

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 36 21 ABU DENNIS ULUEBEKA AND OTHERS V. FEDERAL REP. OF NIGERIA eng

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Revision of Judgment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
26 أكتوبر 2021
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 02 22 MRS HELEN JOSHUAL VS FEDERAL REPULIC OF NIGERIA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
15 فبراير 2022
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

DOMBO BEHEER B.V. v. THE NETHERLANDS

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Date adopted
27 أكتوبر 1993
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EU document

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 05 22 Ms. Rose Breivogel & ANOR v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Investigation
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
21 مارس 2022
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 28 20 Counsellor Muhammad Kabine JaNeh vs. Rep of LIBERIA 10 11 20 vA.docx

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Liberia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
20 نوفمبر 2020
Country Geolocation
Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ RUD 01 22 MR NNAMDI CHUKWU VS PRESIDENT OF ECOWAS COMMISION ANOR

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Fraud
  • Investigation
  • Right to be Heard
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
2 فبراير 2022
ECOWAS Court

Republic of the Congo

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Reunion

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Somalia

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Countries geolocation

South Africa

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Countries geolocation

South Sudan

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Countries geolocation

Sudan

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Countries geolocation

Tanzania

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Countries geolocation

Togo

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Tunisia

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Uganda

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Western Sahara

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Zambia

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Countries geolocation

Zimbabwe

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Countries geolocation

Libya

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Countries geolocation

Lesotho

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0012.Com.001.2019 Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Child Marriage
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Country Accused
  • Tanzania
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
1 أبريل 2022
Rights Violated
  • ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
  • ACRWC 10: Prohibition to subject child to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family home or correspondence, or to attacks upon his honour or reputation, provided that parents or legal guardians have the right to exercise reasonable supervision over the conduct of their children
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • ACRWC 14: Health and Health Services
  • ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
  • ACRWC 21: Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices
  • ACRWC 3: Every child is entitled to enjoyment of rights and freedoms in irrespective of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status
  • ACRWC 4: In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration
Case Headnotes
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ACERWC Decision on Communication

MAHAWA CHAM AND SARJO CHAM v. THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • IHRDA
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
5 يوليو 2023
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court

DECISION OF THE ACHPR ON COMMUNICATION 470

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Equality
  • IHRDA
  • Insurrection
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Terrorism
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • إقامة العدل
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

Jackson Godwin EN

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Theft
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Country
  • Tanzania
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

JUDGMENT SUNDAY IGBOHO V BENIN fr

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal security
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Benin
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
5 ديسمبر 2023
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUDGMENT IBRAHIM KASSUS FRN

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Revision of Judgment
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
5 ديسمبر 2023
Country Geolocation
Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUDGMENT PATRICK EHOLOR ENG

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • False Imprisonment
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
7 ديسمبر 2023
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

Youssouf Traore

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Dismissal without notice
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Mali
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

JUDGEMENT ISMAILA HAIDARA FRENCH

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Fraud
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
15 ديسمبر 2023
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court

Communication 473 14 Fr

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Judicial Independence
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Burundi
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 18.1: Protection of women and children
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

Communication 443 13 En

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Discrimination
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Rape
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Sexual Offences
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
  • ACHPR 11 : Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 12.1: Right to freedom of movement and residence within borders of State of legal residence
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 9.2 : Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the Law
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Communication 626 16 Fr

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Land Expropriation
  • Land Rights
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Cameroon
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 7.1 : Right to be Heard
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
Case Headnotes
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Document

Makungu Misalaba

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Life imprisonment
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Communcation 588 002 En

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Rights of Minority Communities
Country
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 17 : Right to Education
  • ACHPR 17.2: Freedom to Participate in Community Cultural Life
  • ACHPR 17.3: Promotion/Protection of Community Values
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • ACHPR 24 : Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
Country Geolocation
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 01 04 Mr Olajide Afolabi v. Fed Rep of NIGERIA 27 04 04 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Jurisdiction
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
27 أبريل 2004
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 01 05 Chief Frank Ukor v. Rachad Laleye 27 05 05 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
27 مايو 2005
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 03 05 Hon.Dr Jerry Ugokwe v. Fed Rep of NIGERIA 07 10 05 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Elections / Referenda
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
7 أكتوبر 2005
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 04 05 Exc. Secretary ECOWAS v. Mrs.Tokunbo L.Oyemade 10 10 05 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Dismissal without notice
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
10 أكتوبر 2005
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 05 07 Prof. Etim Moses Essien v. Rep of GAMBIA 29 10 07 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Work
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
29 أكتوبر 2007
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 06 07 Chief Frank Ukor v. M Rachad Laleye & Anor 02 11 07 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Jurisdiction
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Benin
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
2 نوفمبر 2007
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 07 07 Alice R. chukwudolue & Ors v. Rep of SENEGAL 22 11 07 vA

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Property
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Senegal
Year Decided
22 نوفمبر 2007
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court

ECW CCJ JUD 44 24 OluwATIMILEHIN ADEBAYO vs Federal Republic of Nigeria ENG

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Discrimination
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
3 ديسمبر 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

SERAP 20 22 vs Federal Republic of Nigeria ENG

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Personal security
  • Right to Life
  • Terrorism
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled inadmissible
Year Decided
13 نوفمبر 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court

Comm 396 11 En

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Judicial Independence
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 1 - General Obligations
  • ACHPR 16 : Right to Health
  • ACHPR 18 : Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 18.1: Protection of women and children
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
  • ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

JUD ECW CCJ JUD 30 24 Isaac Mensah & Ors v. Republic of GHANA 12 07 24

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Personal Liberty
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Ghana
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
12 يوليو 2024
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
ECOWAS Court

ADVOCAID LTD v REP OF SIERRA LEONE

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Discrimination
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Inadequate Legal Provisions
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
7 نوفمبر 2024
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court

Communication 687 18 Fr

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • IHRDA
  • Personal Liberty
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • الاعتقال والاحتجاز التعسفي
Country
  • Congo
Country Geolocation
Republic of the Congo: 0° 13′ 41″ S, 15° 49′ 40″ E
Case Headnotes
هذه الخاصية غير متوفرة
Document

Samia Zorgati en

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Self-Determination
  • إساءة استخدام السلطات الرئاسية
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tunisia
Country Geolocation
Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Misozi Charles Chanthunya en

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Life imprisonment
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Malawi
Country Geolocation
Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Habiyalimana Augustino

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Discrimination
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Kabalabala Kadumbagula & Anor en

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Life imprisonment
  • Rape
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 7 : Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Ladslaus Chalula

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Discrimination
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Tanzania
Rights Violated
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Intergrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

Kouadio Kobena Fory

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Corruption
  • Discrimination
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Judicial Independence
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Fair Trial
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

Doumbia Moussa

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Theft
  • مزاعم السطو المسلح
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Ruling

Glory Cyriaque Hossou

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Equality
  • Right to Equality Before the Law
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Women's Rights
  • مصلحة الطفل الفضلى
Case Headnotes
No value
Country
  • Benin
Rights Violated
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Ruling

540 مبين 1458 الكيانات

30 X أكثر 300 X أكثر