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ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/22 - Chief Ambrose Albert Owuro & Ors v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Participation in Government
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Feb 2, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
007/2016 - Matoke Mwita & Masero Mkamien v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery Allegations
- Equality Before the Law
- Life imprisonment
- Rape
- Right to Fair Trial
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
041/2016 - Ligue Ivoirienne des Droits de l'Homme & Ors v. Côte d'Ivoire
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 24: Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
- ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
- Country Geolocation
- Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/49/23 - Guinea v. Ibrahima Kassus & K-Energie S.A.
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- Judgement
- Keywords
- Revision of Judgment
- Right to Property
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- Country
- Non-State Actor
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Dec 5, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court
050/2016 - Crospery Gabriel & Ernest Mutakyawa v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
057/2016 - Mulokozi Anatory v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Equality Before the Law
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
036/2016 - Ibrahim Yusuph Calist Bonge & 2 Ors v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery Allegations
- Death Sentence
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Theft
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
029/2016 - Kachukura Nshekanabo Kakobeka v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Death Sentence
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Women's Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/18 Khalifa Ababacar SALL & 5 Ors v. Sénégal
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Corruption
- Democracy
- Elections / Referendums
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Fraud
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Opinion
- Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
- Mismanagement of Public Resources
- Participation in Government
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Work
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jun 29, 2018
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/19 Lieutenant Colonel Silas Jock Santoi v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Corruption
- Damages and Compensation
- Equality
- Fraud
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Nigeria
- Year Decided
- Jan 23, 2019
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/19 His Lordship Justice Paul Uuter Dery & 2 Ors v. Ghana
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
- Impeachment
- Protection of Privacy
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Ghana
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Apr 29, 2019
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/19 DEXTER OIL LTD v. Liberia
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Property
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Liberia
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Feb 6, 2019
- Country Geolocation
- Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/10 Daouda Garba v. Benin
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Benin
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Feb 17, 2010
- Country Geolocation
- Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/11/14 Tidjane Konte v. Ghana
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery Allegations
- Complicity in Crime
- Damages and Compensation
- Offences by State agents in private capacity
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Property
- Theft
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Ghana
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- May 13, 2014
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/19 Djibril Yipénè Bassolé v. Burkina Faso
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Protection of Privacy
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Privacy
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 29, 2019
- Country Geolocation
- Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUG/09/12 Valentine Ayika v. Liberia
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Fraud
- Freedom of Movement
- Investigation
- Money Laundering
- Right to Property
- Trafficking / Use of contraband
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Liberia
- Year Decided
- Jun 8, 2012
- Country Geolocation
- Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/13/14 Maimuna Abdulmuni v. Nigeria & 2 Ors
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Child Marriage
- Children in conflict with the law
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Murder/Assassination
- Pregnant women / mothers (with infant) in conflict with the law
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Education
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Women in prison
- Women's Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jun 10, 2014
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/APP/05/06 - Moussa Leo Keita v. Republic of Mali
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Mali
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 22, 2007
- Country Geolocation
- Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/28/20 - Counsellor Muhammad Kabine Ja'Neh v. Liberia & Anor
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Work
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Liberia
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Nov 20, 2020
- Country Geolocation
- Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/12/22 - Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project v Nigeria (SERAP) v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Right to Information
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 25, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/07/22 - Tahirou Djibo & Ors v. Niger
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Land Expropriation
- Revision of Judgment
- Right to Property
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Niger
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 22, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/22/22 - La Ligue Sénégalaise des Droits Humains & Amnesty International Senegal v. Senegal
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Senegal
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 31, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/22 - Mado Fidégnon Frédéric v. Togo
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality Before the Law
- Jurisdiction
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Togo
- Outcome
- Rejected at Seizure Stage
- Year Decided
- Mar 30, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/32/22 - Adama Vandi v. Sierra Leone
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Investigation
- Rape
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Dignity
- Sexual Offences
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 13, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court
020/2017 - Igola Iguna v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Death Sentence
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Theft
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
001/2022 - Kouadio Kobena Fory v. Côte d'Ivoire (Application for Review of Judgment)
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- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Privacy
- Review
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Country Geolocation
- Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Decision
033/2017 - Leonard Moses v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Rape
- Right to Fair Trial
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
024/2020 - Conaïde Togla Latondji Akouedenoudje v. Benin
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Benin
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
- Country Geolocation
- Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Decision
058/2016 - Niyonzima Augustine v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Rape
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Fair Trial
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- 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 Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/07/11 Ocean King NIG LTD v. Senegal
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Freedom of Movement
- Right to Property
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Senegal
- Year Decided
- Jul 8, 2011
- Country Geolocation
- Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
ECOWAS Court