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ECW/CCJ/JUD/14/18 - Aminata Diantou v. Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Harmful Traditional Practices
  • Right of Women to Inheritance
  • Right to Property
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
May 21, 2018
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
Date modified
Feb 14, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/43/24 - Melville Roberts v. Gambia

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Rape
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • Theft
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Dec 3, 2024
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Date modified
Feb 6, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/42/24 - Association des victimes de la torture (ASVITTO) & Anor v. Togo

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Association
  • Reasonable Period of Time
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Nov 22, 2024
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
Date modified
Feb 6, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/44/24 - Oluwatimilehin Adebayo v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Dec 3, 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Feb 6, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/37/24 - Hassan Kargbo & 7 Ors v. Sierra Leone

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • IHRDA
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Public Protest
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Nov 14, 2024
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
Date modified
Feb 5, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/41/24 - Shalimar Abbuisi v. Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Ghana
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Nov 22, 2024
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Date modified
Feb 4, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/35/24 - SERAP v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Personal security
  • Right to Life
  • Terrorism
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Nov 13, 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Feb 4, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/38/24 - Glory Okolie & 2 Ors v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Rape
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Sexual Offences
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Nov 21, 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Jan 30, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/36/24 - Chukwuemeka Edeh v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Dignity
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Nov 14, 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Jan 30, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/33/24 - Advocaid Ltd v. Sierra Leone

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Police Brutality and Offences
Country
  • Sierra Leone
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Nov 7, 2024
Country Geolocation
Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
Date modified
Jan 24, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/30/24 - Isaac Mensah & Ors v. Ghana

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Personal Liberty
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Ghana
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jul 12, 2024
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Date modified
Jan 23, 2025
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUG/04/09 - Amouzou Henri & 5 Ors v. Côte d’Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Corruption
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Fraud
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Dec 17, 2009
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
Date modified
Sep 30, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/09 - National Co-ordinating Group of Departmental Representatives of the Cocoa-Coffee Sector (CNDD) v. Côte d'Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Dec 17, 2009
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
Date modified
Sep 11, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/09 - Djot bayi Talbia & 14 Ors v. Nigeria & 3 Ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Right to Property
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jan 28, 2009
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Sep 11, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/10 - Nigeria & 3 Ors v. Djot Bayi Talbia & 14 Ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
  • Revised Judgement
Keywords
  • Review
  • Revision of Judgment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jun 3, 2010
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Sep 11, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/08 Odafe Oserada v. Council of Ministers & 2 ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Equality
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Participation in Government
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
May 16, 2008
Date modified
Sep 11, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/02/08 - Mrs. Tokunbo L. Oyemade v. ECOWAS Council of Ministers & 4 Ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
Jun 4, 2008
Date modified
Sep 11, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/08 - Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Niger

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Rape
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual Offences
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Oct 27, 2008
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
Date modified
Sep 9, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/08 - Qudus Gbolahan Folami & Piyahara Diamoutene v. ECOWAS Parliament & Anor

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Nov 28, 2008
Date modified
Sep 9, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/07 - Prof. Etim Moses Essien v. Gambia & Anor

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Work
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
Oct 29, 2007
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Date modified
Sep 9, 2024
ECOWAS Court

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

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jun 5, 2008
Rights Violated (ECOWAS Treaty)
  • ECOWAS 4g: Recognition, promotion and protection of human and peoples' rights
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Date modified
Sep 9, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/07 - Alhaji Hammani Tidjani v. Nigeria & 4 Ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Theft
Country
  • Benin
  • Mali
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Jun 28, 2007
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Sep 5, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/07/07 - Alice R. chukwudolue & 7 Ors v. Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Senegal
Year Decided
Nov 22, 2007
Country Geolocation
Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
Date modified
Sep 4, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/07 - Chief Frank Ukor v. Mr Rachad Laleye & Benin

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Jurisdiction
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Benin
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
Nov 2, 2007
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
Date modified
Sep 4, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/05 - Chief Frank Ukor v. Rachad Laleye

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Freedom of Movement
Country
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
May 27, 2005
Date modified
Aug 20, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/05 - Hon. Dr Jerry Ugokwe v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Oct 7, 2005
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 20, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/05 - Mrs.Tokunbo L. Oyemade v. Executive Secretary of ECOWAS & 2 Ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Dismissed Without Notice
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Non-State Actor
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Oct 10, 2005
Date modified
Aug 20, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/04 - Mr Olajide Afolabi v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Jurisdiction
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
Apr 27, 2004
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 16, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/19/24 - Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Jurisdiction
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Struck Out
Year Decided
Jun 6, 2024
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 16, 2024
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/RUL/02/21 - Djegui Djanka & 102 Ors v. Mali

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Provisional/interim measures
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Apr 30, 2021
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
Date modified
Aug 16, 2024
ECOWAS Court

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