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002/2015 - IHRDA & Finders Group Initiative on behalf of TFA (a minor) v. Cameroon

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • IHRDA
  • Rape
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Women's Rights
State Accused
  • Cameroon
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
May 6, 2018
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 1.1: States recognize rights, freedoms and duties in the Charter and take steps to adopt implementation measures
  • ACRWC 1.2: No Charter provision to precede more conducive domestic laws for child rights and welfare
  • ACRWC 1.3: Discouraging custom, tradition, cultural or religious practice inconsistent with Charter provisions
  • ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
  • ACRWC 16.1: Protecting child from torture, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • ACRWC 16.2: Establishing special monitoring units for child abuse and support to children
  • 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
Date modified
Aug 7, 2024
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
Date modified
Nov 13, 2023
ACERWC 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
Date modified
Jun 27, 2023
ACERWC Decision

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
Date modified
Jun 27, 2023
ACERWC Decision

002/2020 - Ramphele Attorneys on behalf of Thlodi Tloubatla and Thibedi Tloubatla v. South Africa

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
State Accused
  • South Africa
Outcome
  • Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Mar 20, 2021
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

001/2015 - African Centre of Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and People’s Legal Aid Centre (PLACE) v. Sudan

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Dignity
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Statelessness
State Accused
  • Sudan
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
May 31, 2018
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • 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
  • ACRWC 6.3: Every child has the right to acquire a nationality
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

003/2015 - Minority Rights Group International & SOS-Esclaves (on behalf Said Ould Salem & Yarg Ould Salem) v Mauritania

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Child Abuse/Exploitation
  • Education
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Implementation of Decisions
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
State Accused
  • Mauritania
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Dec 15, 2017
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • ACRWC 12: Leisure, Recreation and Cultural Activities
  • ACRWC 15: Child Labour
  • 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
  • ACRWC 5: Survival and Development
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
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
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

003/2016 - Etoungou Nko’o on behalf of Mr and Mrs. Elogo Menye and Rev Daniel Ezo’o Ayo V. the Government of Cameroon.

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Right to Life
State Accused
  • Cameroon
Outcome
  • Ruled Inadmissible
Date modified
Mar 6, 2023
ACERWC 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
Date modified
Jun 8, 2022
ACERWC Decision

002/2016 - Dalia Lotfy (on behalf Sohaib Emad) v Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
State Accused
  • Egypt
Outcome
  • Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
May 31, 2017
Date modified
Jun 8, 2022
ACERWC Decision

001/2016 - Dalia Lotfy (on behalf Ahmed Bassiouny) v Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
State Accused
  • Egypt
Outcome
  • Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
May 31, 2017
Date modified
Jun 8, 2022
ACERWC Decision

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