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THE COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) In the Matter of COUNSELLOR MUHAMMAD KABINE JA’NEH v. THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA & 1 ANOR. Application No: ECW/CCJ/APP/33/19 Judgment NO. ECW/CCJ/JUD/28/20 JUDGMENT ABUJA 10 November 2020 1

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I. JUDGMENT3
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIES3
III. INTRODUCTION4
IV. PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT5
V. APPLICANT’S CASE5
a. Applicant’s summary of facts5
b. Applicant’s pleas in law13
c. Reliefs/orders sought by the Applicant14
VI. RESPONDENT'S CASE:17
a. Respondent's summary of facts17
b. Respondent's pleas in law18
c. Reliefs/orders sought by the Respondents18
VII. JURISDICTION19
VIII. MERITS32
a. Alleged violation of right to fair trial32
Alleged violation of the Applicant’s right to work62
IX. REPARATION66
X. COSTS71
XI. OPERATIVE CLAUSE71
As to jurisdiction71
As to Admissibility71
As to compliance with Rules of the Court72
On Merits of the case72
XII. REPARATION72
On the violation of right to fair hearing and work72
On moral damages73
XIII. COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING73
ON COST73

ECW/CCJ/JUD/28/20 - Counsellor Muhammad Kabine Ja'Neh v. Liberia & Anor

Cour de justice de la CEDEAO

Aperçu

ECCJ App no.: ECW/CCJ/APP/33/19

ECCJ Jud No.: ECW/CCJ/JUD/28/20

Type de document

Jugement

Mots clés

Droit à un procès équitable
Droit au travail
Fonctionnement et indépendance du pouvoir judiciaire
Lutte contre la discrimination
Traitement cruel et dégradant

État

Libéria

Conclusion: Décidé sur le fond

Année de la décision: 20 nov. 2020

Droits de la Charte africaine allégués

CADHP 1: Obligations générales
CADHP 15: Droit au travail
CADHP 2 : Liberté de ne pas subir de discrimination
CADHP 26 : Devoir de garantir l'indépendance des tribunaux
CADHP 5 : Traitements cruels, inhumains et dégradants
CADHP 7 : Droit à un procès équitable

Violation des droits de la Charte africaine

CADHP 15: Droit au travail
CADHP 7 : Droit à un procès équitable

Durée de la procédure: 23 août 2019 ~ 10 nov. 2020

Géolocalisation du pays

Latitude: 6.428055

Longitude: -9.429499000000002

Géolocalisation du pays (Lié Cour de justice de la CEDEAO): Liberia

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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Article 71.Every individual shall have the right to have his cause heard. This comprises: (a) the right to an appeal to competent national organs against acts of violating his fundamental rights as recognized and guaranteed by conventions, laws, regulations and customs in force; (b) the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty by a competent court or tribunal; (c) the right to defense, including the right to be defended by counsel of his choice; (d) the right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal. 2.No one may be condemned for an act or omission which did not constitute a legally punishable offence at the time it was committed. No penalty may be inflicted for an offence for which no provision was made at the time it was committed. Punishment is personal and can be imposed only on the offender.

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 10

Document de l'ONU

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 5Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of exploitation and degradation of man particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited.

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 10 Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

Document de l'ONU

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 2Every individual shall be entitled to the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed in the present Charter without distinction of any kind such as race, ethnic group, color, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 26States parties to the present Charter shall have the duty to guarantee the independence of the Courts and shall allow the establishment and improvement of appropriate national institutions entrusted with the promotion and protection of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the present Charter.

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

2. Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 11 1. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. 2. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 3 Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 8 Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

2. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

1. Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Article 23 1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Document de l'ONU

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

Document de l'ONU

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Document de l'ONU

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 4Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 4Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.

Treaty

Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)

Article 15Every individual shall have the right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions, and shall receive equal pay for equal work.

Treaty

Pacte International relatif aux Droits Civils et Politiques

(a) To ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in anofficial capacity;

Document de l'ONU

Règlement Intérieur de la Cour de Justice de la CEDEAO

11. If costs are not claimed, the parties shall bear their own costs.

Règlement intérieur

Règlement Intérieur de la Cour de Justice de la CEDEAO

3) The lawyer acting for a party must lodge at the Registry a certificate that he is authorized to practice before a Court of a member State or of another State, which is a party to the Treaty.

Règlement intérieur

Règlement Intérieur de la Cour de Justice de la CEDEAO

2. For the purpose of the proceedings, the application shall state an address for service in the place where the Court has its seat and the name of the person who is authorized and has expressed willingness to accept service.

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