Holding
111. Article 56.7 of the African Charter provides that the communication must not deal with cases
which have been settled by the States, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations, or the
Charter of the OAU or the African Charter. In the present case, this case has not been settled by any
of these international bodies, and as a result of this, the requirement of Article 56.7 has been fulfilled
by the Complainant. The African Commission finds that in the present communication, that is,
Communication 308/05 - Michael Majuru/Zimbabwe, the Complainant has not complied with subsections (5) and (6) of Article 56 of the African Charter, and thus declares the communication
inadmissible.
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Adopted at the 44 Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 10 th
24 November 2008, Abuja, Nigeria.
Footnotes
1. Communication 71/92.
2. Communication 147/95 and 149/96.
3. Communication 215/98.
4. H C Black, JN Nolan-Haley & J R Nolan, Black’s Law Dictionary (6 Ed.) 1990, 1262-1263. St. Paul Minn. West
Publishing Co.
5. [sic]
6. See communications 25/89, 47/90, 56/91, 100/93 Free Legal Assistance Group and Others / Zaire; 74/92
Commission nationale des droits de l’Homme et libertés / Chad; 83/92, Jean Y Degli (on behalf of N
Bikagni)/Togo.
7. Communication 103/93.
8. Communication 215/98.
9. Communication 215/98.
10. Communication 288/04.
11. Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language 102 (1989).
12. Longman Synonym Dictionary 82 (1986).
13. Jawara v The Gambia, supra.
14. See 1995 Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Article 116 of the
Rules of Procedure of the African Commission
15. Nos. 220/1987, T.K v France ; 222/1987, M.K. v France ; 306/1988, J.G. v The Netherlands, in 2 Report of the
Human Rights Committee 188, 122, 127, 130, 180, 182-83, UN Doc. A/45/40 (1990) hereinafter HRC 1990
Report].
16. Communication No. 560/1993, UN Doc CCPR/C/59/D/560/1993 (1997).
17. See also L Emil Kaaber v Iceland, Communication no. 674/1995. UN Doc. CCPR/C/58/D/674/1995 (1996).
See also Ati Antoine Randolph v. Togo, Communication No. 910/2000, UN Doc. CCPR/C/79/D/910/2000 (2003).
18. Philip Leach, Taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights, 79 (2001) (quoting Earl Spencer and
Countess Spencer v. United Kingdom, App. Nos. 28851/95, 28852/95 (Eur. Comm’n on H.R. 1998)).
19. Article 45.3 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
20. Article 26 of the European Convention on Human Rights.