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Communication 446/13 - Jennifer Williams & Ors v. Zimbabwe
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Opinion
- Personal Liberty
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
- ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 3.2: Equal protection of the law
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date modified
- Nov 20, 2023
ACHPR Decision
Communication 470/14 Ibrahim Almaz Deng & 6 Ors (represented by Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) v. Sudan
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality
- 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
- Country
- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- 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 an impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
- Date modified
- Sep 4, 2023
ACHPR Decision
Communication 636/16 - IHRDA & Ors v. Burundi
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Democracy
- Elections / Referendums
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- 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
- Country
- Burundi
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- 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
- Date modified
- Sep 4, 2023
ACHPR Decision
235/00 Curtis Francis Doebbler v. Sudan
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- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Freedom of Movement
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
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- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 26, 2023
ACHPR Decision
236/00 Curtis Francis Doebbler v Sudan
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Domestic/National Laws
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Immorality
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 26, 2023
ACHPR Decision
323/06 Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights & INTERIGHTS v. Egypt
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- Administration of Justice
- Admissibility
- Civil and Political Rights
- Corruption
- Damages and Compensation
- Divorce
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Egypt
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 16.1: Right to Enjoy the Best Attainable State of Physical and Mental Health
- ACHPR 18.3: Protection of Rights of Women and Children
- 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 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 19, 2023
ACHPR Decision
73/92_13AR Mohammed Lamin Diakité v. Gabon
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- Administration of Justice
- Admissibility
- Damages and Compensation
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Expulsion from a State
- Freedom of Movement
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Property
- Rights of Non-Nationals
- Sexual Offences
- Country
- Gabon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Gabon: 0° 48′ 13″ S, 11° 36′ 34″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 19, 2023
ACHPR Decision
278/2003 - Promoting Justice for Women and Children (PROJUST NGO) v. Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- False Imprisonment
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Military Tribunals
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Pregnant women / mothers (with infant) in conflict with the law
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Women in prison
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 13, 2023
ACHPR Decision
277/2003 - Spilg and Mack & DITSHWANELO (on behalf of Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi) v. Botswana
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Domestic/National Laws
- Equality Before the Law
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Human Rights Violations
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Botswana
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 13, 2023
ACHPR Decision
426/12 Agnes Uwimana-Nkusi & Saidati Mukakibibi v. Rwanda
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Jurisdiction
- Personal Liberty
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Work
- Workers' Rights
- Country
- Rwanda
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 7, 2023
ACHPR Decision
317/06 Nubian Community in Kenya v. Kenya
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- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Education
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Participation in Government
- Right to Health
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Kenya
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 12: Right to Freedom of Movement
- ACHPR 13: Right to Participate in Government
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 15: Right to Work
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- 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
- Country Geolocation
- Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
- Date modified
- Jun 27, 2023
ACHPR Decision
428/12 Dawit Isaak v. Eritrea
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- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality Before the Law
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Work
- Country
- Eritrea
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
- ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- Country Geolocation
- Eritrea: 15° 10′ 46″ N, 39° 46′ 56″ E
- Date modified
- Jun 27, 2023
ACHPR Decision
284/03 – Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights & Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe v. Zimbabwe.
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- Administration of Justice
- Civil and Political Rights
- Competence of the Court
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Protection of Privacy
- Provisional/interim measures
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 15: Right to Work
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date modified
- Jun 27, 2023
ACHPR Decision
306/05 – Samuel T. Muzerengwa and 110 Others (represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights) v Zimbabwe
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- Admissibility
- Amicus curiae
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Human Rights Violations
- Participation in Government
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Right to Property
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date modified
- Jun 27, 2023
ACHPR Decision
705/18 - Emil Touray & Saikou Jammeh (represented by IHRDA and Sagar Jahateh) v. The Gambia
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- Application Withdrawn
- Country
- Gambia
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
- Date modified
- Jun 27, 2023
ACHPR Decision
Communication 319/06 - Interights & Ditshwanelo v. Botswana
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- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Life
- Country
- Botswana
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
- Date modified
- Apr 13, 2023
ACHPR Decision
40/90 Bob Ngozi Njoku v Egypt
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Country
- Egypt
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date modified
- Mar 28, 2023
ACHPR Decision
155/96 - Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) v Nigeria
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- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality Before the Law
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Human Rights Violations
- Impunity
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Mismanagement of Public Resources
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- ACHPR 24: Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2023
ACHPR Decision
355/ 07 - Hossam Ezzat & Rania Enayet (represented by Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights & INTERIGHTS) v The Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Administration of Justice
- Domestic/National Laws
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Religion
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to an Identity
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Country
- Egypt
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- 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
- Date modified
- Aug 22, 2022
ACHPR Decision
335/06 Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front v South Africa
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- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Indigenous Communities
- Participation in Government
- Right to Work
- Country
- South Africa
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- South Africa: 30° 33′ 34″ S, 22° 56′ 15″ E
- Date modified
- Aug 22, 2022
ACHPR Decision
246/02 Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Cote d'Ivoire
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- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Civil and Political Rights
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Elections / Referendums
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Opinion
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Participation in Government
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to an Identity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 13: Right to Participate in Government
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 3.2: Equal protection of the law
- Country Geolocation
- Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
- Date modified
- Aug 22, 2022
ACHPR Decision
230/99 Motale Zacharia Sakwe v Cameroon
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- Admissibility
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date modified
- Aug 22, 2022
ACHPR Decision
225/98 Huri - Laws v Nigeria
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Offences by State agents in private capacity
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Privacy
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
- ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
- ACHPR 10.1: 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 14: Right to Property
- 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.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date modified
- Aug 22, 2022
ACHPR Decision
409/12 Luke Munyandu Tembani & Benjamin John Freeth (represented by Norman Tjombe) v Angola & 13 Others
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- Decision
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- Competence of the Court
- Equality Before the Law
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Angola
- Botswana
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Country Geolocation
- Seychelles: 4° 40′ 46″ S, 55° 29′ 31″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision
131/94 Ousman Manjang v Gambia (The)
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- Decision
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- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Right to Property
- Country
- Gambia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 3.1: Equality before the law
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision
13/88 Hadjali Mohamad v Algeria
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- Decision
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- Competence of the Court
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Human Rights Violations
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Algeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Algeria: 28° 2′ 2″ N, 1° 39′ 35″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision
69/92 Amnesty International v Tunisia
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Country
- Tunisia
- Country Geolocation
- Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision
41/90 Andre Houver v Morocco
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Complaint against non-State Party
- Country
- Morocco
- Country Geolocation
- Morocco: 31° 47′ 30″ N, 7° 5′ 33″ W
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision
28/89 Association internationale des juristes démocrates v Ethiopia
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- Keywords
- False Imprisonment
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Country Geolocation
- Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision
29/89Commission française Justice et Paix Ethiopia
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Right to Life
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Country Geolocation
- Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
- Date modified
- Jul 21, 2022
ACHPR Decision