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ECW/CCJ/JUD/31/18 Festus A.O. Ogwuche & Crownfield Solicitors v. Nigeria

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SUMMARY OF FACTS:2
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LEGAL ANALYSIS:6
DECISION:12
AND THE FOLLOWING HAVE APPENDED THEIR SIGNATURES:12

ECW/CCJ/JUD/31/18 Festus A.O. Ogwuche & Crownfield Solicitors v. Nigeria

ECOWAS Court

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ECCJ App no.: ECW/CCJ/APP/10/I5

ECCJ Jud No.: ECW/CCJ/JUD/31/18

Type of Document

Judgement

Keywords

Civil and Political Rights
Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
Freedom of Opinion

Country

Nigeria

Year Decided: Mar 31, 2015

African Charter Rights Alleged to be Violated

ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression

African Charter Rights Violated

ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression

Duration of Procedure: Mar 31, 2015 ~ Dec 11, 2018

Country Geolocation

Latitude: 9.081999

Longitude: 8.675277

Country Geolocation (linked ECOWAS Court): Nigeria

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ECW_CCJ_JUD_31_18.pdf
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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)

Treaty

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)

Article 19All peoples shall be equal; they shall enjoy the same respect and shall have the same rights. Nothing shall justify the domination of a people by another.

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

UN Document

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR

Article 191. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice. 3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary: (a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; (b) For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals.

UN Document

ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

UN Document

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)

Article 19All peoples shall be equal; they shall enjoy the same respect and shall have the same rights. Nothing shall justify the domination of a people by another.

Treaty

ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

UN Document

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR

UN Document

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)

Article 19All peoples shall be equal; they shall enjoy the same respect and shall have the same rights. Nothing shall justify the domination of a people by another.

Treaty

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR

UN Document

ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance

Treaty

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)

Article 19All peoples shall be equal; they shall enjoy the same respect and shall have the same rights. Nothing shall justify the domination of a people by another.

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

UN Document

ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance

Treaty

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR

UN Document

ECW/CCJ/JUD/19/17 His Excellency the Vice-President Alhaji Samuel Sam-Sumana v. Sierra Leone

ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/14 Private Alimu Akeem v. Nigeria

ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/11- El Hadj Tidjani Aboubacar v Central Bank of West African States & Niger

ECOWAS Court

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

UN Document

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR

UN Document

ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/08 - Chief Ebrimah Manneh v. Gambia

ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/18 - Federation of African Journalists and Others v The Gambia

ECOWAS Court

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter)

Article 91.Every individual shall have the right to receive information. 2.Every individual shall have the right to express and disseminate his opinions within the law

Treaty

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCPR

UN Document

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

UN Document

ECW/CCJ/APP/30/11 Deyda Hydara Jr. & Ors v. Gambia

ECOWAS Court

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