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001/2022 - Houngue Eric Noudehouenou v. Benin
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- Type of Document
- Interpretation of Ruling/Judgment
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- Interpretation of Judgement
- Country
- Benin
- Year Decided
- Sep 5, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
AfCHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/30/23 - Hassan Abdou Nohou v. Niger
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Forced Eviction
- Land Rights
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Country
- Niger
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 5, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/26/23 - Mahawa Cham & Sarjo Cham v. The Gambia
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Enforced disappearance
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- IHRDA
- Reasonable Period of Time
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Country
- Gambia
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 5, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/29/23 - Nana-Jo N'dow v. The Gambia
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Enforced disappearance
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- IHRDA
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Country
- Gambia
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 5, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
ECOWAS Court
003/2019 - Thomas Mgira v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Country
- Tanzania
- Year Decided
- Jun 13, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/13/23 - Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law & 2 Ors v. Sierra Leone
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Corruption
- IHRDA
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jun 8, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/23 - Woamede Tetevi Kokou & Or v. Togo
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Forced Eviction
- IHRDA
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Property
- Country
- Togo
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 13, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court
001/2020 – APDF & IHRDA (on behalf of AS) v. Mali
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Rape
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Women's Rights
- State Accused
- Mali
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
- ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
- ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
- ACRWC 3: Every child is entitled to enjoyment of rights and freedoms in irrespective of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status
- 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
ACERWC 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
- Country
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
AfCHPR Decision
027/2017 - Mamadou Dabo & Ors v. Mali
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- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom of Association
- Workers' Rights
- Country
- Mali
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR Decision
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
- Country
- Tanzania
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
052/2016 - Marthine Christian Msuguri v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Reasonable Period of Time
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Tanzania
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
042/2020 - Tike Mwambipile & Equality Now v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Education
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Right to Education
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Country
- Tanzania
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR Decision
Communication 636/16 - IHRDA & Ors v. Burundi
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- 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
- Year Decided
- Nov 9, 2022
- 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
ACHPR Decision
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
- 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
Communication 470/14 Ibrahim Almaz Deng & 6 Ors (represented by Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) v. Sudan
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- 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
- Year Decided
- May 13, 2022
- 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
ACHPR Decision
001/2019 – Legal and Human Rights Centre and Centre for Reproductive Rights (on behalf of Tanzanian girls) v. Tanzania
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Marriage
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
- State Accused
- Tanzania
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Apr 1, 2022
- Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
- ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
- ACRWC 10: Prohibition to subject child to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family home or correspondence, or to attacks upon his honour or reputation, provided that parents or legal guardians have the right to exercise reasonable supervision over the conduct of their children
- ACRWC 11: Education
- ACRWC 14: Health and Health Services
- ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
- ACRWC 21: Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices
- ACRWC 3: Every child is entitled to enjoyment of rights and freedoms in irrespective of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status
- 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
ACERWC Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/24/22 - Cherif Madi v. Niger
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Terrorism
- Country
- Niger
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Apr 1, 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
- 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
- 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/19/22 - Société Togolaise de Stockage de Gaz (STSG) & 5 Ors v. Togo
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Property
- Country
- Togo
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 29, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/20/22 - Incorporated Trustees of Centre for Peace and Conflict Management in Africa, Rehink Africa Foundation & 3 Ors v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Fair Trial
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 29, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/17/22 - Incorporated Trustees of Center for Peace and Conflict Management & 8 Ors v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 29, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/18/22 - Dr. Jacob Abdullahi & 5 Ors v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Mar 29, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/15/22 - Francis Elie Gnimagnon & 9 Ors v. ECOWAS Commission
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Country
- ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 28, 2022
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/22 - Sunday Charles Ugwuaba v. Senegal
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Freedom of Movement
- Implementation of Decisions
- Country
- Senegal
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Mar 28, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ 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
- 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/14/22 - Aissaitou Alidou v. Benin
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Country
- Benin
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 25, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/22 - E.I. v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality
- Rape
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Dignity
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 24, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/11/22 - Gabriel Messan Kodjo v. Togo
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Togo
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Mar 24, 2022
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
ECOWAS Court