ACHPR
African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights
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Human Rights our
Collective Responsibility
102.
The Commission once again recalls its findings regarding Articles 2, 3
and 7 of the Charter that the Complainants were not discriminated against.
Furthermore, from the facts presented before it, the Commission cannot identify
any element of this case which invokes the rights enshrined in Article 13. On
that basis, there can be no violation of the right to Article 13.
103.
Regarding the allegations on the violation of Article 20, which provides
that:
1. All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and
inalienable right to selfdetermination. They shall freely determine their political status
and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they
have freely chosen.
2. Colonized or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds
ofdomination by resorting to any means recognized by the international communihJ,
3. All peoples shall have the right to the assistance of the state parties to the present
Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination, be it political, economic,
or cultural.
104.
The Commission recalls its reasoning above on the alleged violation of
Article 19 that individuals appearing before the Commission in their individual
capacities are not the subject of Peoples' rights. In view of the foregoing, the
Commission finds no violation of Article 20 of the Charter.
FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSION ON REMEDY
105.
The Commission notes that the Complainant's prayers were all based on
the main allegations of malfeasance by the Courts of the Respondent State,
which allegations h~ve been found to bear no merit. Accordingly, in the absence
of v iolations, the Commission may not grant any of the prayers of the
Complainants. Therefore, all the Complainant's prayers are dismissed .
DECISION OF THE COMMISSION ON MERITS AND REMEDY
106.
1.
For all these reasons, the Commission declares that:
The Respondent State has not violated Articles 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 19
of the Charter.
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