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African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
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- Oct 31, 2017
Case Document
Constitutive Act of the African Union
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- Date Adopted
- May 11, 2000
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
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- Date Adopted
- Sep 10, 1969
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Charter of the Organisation of African Unity
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- Date Adopted
- May 25, 1963
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Protocol on the Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union
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- Date Adopted
- May 11, 2003
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
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- Date Adopted
- Jul 1, 2008
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (Malabo Protocol)
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- Date Adopted
- Jun 27, 2014
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Protocol on the Rights of Older Persons
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- Date Adopted
- Jan 31, 2016
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Statute on the Establishment of Legal Aid Fund for the African Union
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- Date added
- Nov 2, 2017
OAU/AU Assembly Documents
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)
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- Date added
- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
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- Date added
- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
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- Date Adopted
- Jan 30, 2007
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- Nov 2, 2017
Treaty
Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa
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- Date Adopted
- Sep 21, 2017
- Date added
- Nov 4, 2017
ACHPR Soft Law
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 (Article 5)
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- Date Adopted
- Mar 4, 2017
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- Nov 4, 2017
ACHPR Soft Law
Guidelines for the Policing of Assemblies by Law Enforcement Officials in Africa
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- Date Adopted
- Mar 4, 2017
- Date added
- Nov 4, 2017
ACHPR Soft Law
428/12 Dawit Isaak v. Eritrea
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- 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
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- Nov 6, 2017
ACHPR Decision
53/90 Albert T. Capitao v Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
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- Nov 6, 2017
ACHPR Decision
Communication 319/06 - Interights & Ditshwanelo v. Botswana
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- 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
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- Nov 6, 2017
ACHPR Decision
001/2005 - Michelo Hunsungule and Others (on behalf of Children in Northern Uganda) v. Uganda
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Education
- Insurrection
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Right to Health
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- State Accused
- Uganda
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Apr 19, 2013
- Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
- ACRWC 1.1: States recognize rights, freedoms and duties in the Charter and take steps to adopt implementation measures
- ACRWC 22: Armed Conflicts
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- Nov 6, 2017
ACERWC Decision
002/2009 IHRDA (on behalf of Children of Nubian Descent) v. Kenya
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Actio popularis
- Best Interest of the Child
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Statelessness
- State Accused
- Kenya
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 22, 2011
- Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
- ACRWC 6: Name and Nationality
- ACRWC 6.1: Every child shall have the right from his birth to a name
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- Nov 6, 2017
ACERWC Decision
001/2012 - Center for Human Rights (University of Pretoria) and Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme v Senegal
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Harmful Traditional Practices
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- State Accused
- Senegal
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Apr 15, 2014
- Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
- ACRWC 11: Education
- ACRWC 14: Health and Health Services
- ACRWC 15: Child Labour
- ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
- ACRWC 21: Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices
- ACRWC 29: Sale, trafficking and abduction
- 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
- ACRWC 5: Survival and Development
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- Nov 6, 2017
ACERWC Decision
3/88 Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers v Yugoslavia
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Complaint against non-State Party
- Right to Practice a Profession
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
ACHPR Decision
5/88 Prince J N Makoge v USA
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Complaint against non-State Party
- Country
- USA
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
ACHPR Decision
7/88 Committee for the Defence of Political Prisoners v Bahrain
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- False Imprisonment
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Bahrain
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
ACHPR Decision
007/12 Baghdadi Ali Mahmoudi v. Tunisia (Separate Opinion - Fatsah Ouguergouz)
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- Type of Document
- Separate Opinion
- Keywords
- Jurisdiction
- Country
- Tunisia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Tunisia: 33° 53′ 13″ N, 9° 32′ 15″ E
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
AfCHPR Decision
006/2012 African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights v. Kenya - Order of Provisional Measures
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- Type of Document
- Order
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Indigenous Communities
- Inheritance/Succession
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to Property
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Country
- Kenya
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
AfCHPR Decision
008/11 Ekollo Alexandre v. Nigeria & Cameroon (Dissenting Opinion - Fatsah Ouguergouz)
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- Type of Document
- Dissenting Opinion
- Keywords
- Forum Prorogatum
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
AfCHPR Decision