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Human Rights our
Collective Responsibility
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The Commission notes that Article 1 of the Charter obligates State Parties to
recognise and give effect to the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in the Charter.
Therefore, any violation of these rights by .the State shall give rise to redress and
reparation to the victims of the violations. This is also in line with the Commission's
established jurisprudence'v
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on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal As~istance in Africa, the Commission has
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June 2011 - July 2015), <p~~~~!~t~d
he~,t~~@-, Q.~tinuiri~:'~e{ professional work as a
journalist, high sC~H?iJ~~~~,;~e;:!~'~T,~tJ;'a~d tnd~~~~~~lg~tincome to the tune of ETB
327,369. She wa~,:cifsoprevented frd'
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studies in political science at the
Indira Ghandi Open University School 0 '1ii~~~esp~ndencewhich she had paid for and
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80 See Communication 59/9i:~f.~ntbga Mekongo Louis 7}. Cameroon para 2; Communication 253/02 - Antonie Bissangou v Congo
para 84; Communication 313;05- Kenneth Good v Botswana para 2~(1); Communication 318/06 - Open Society Justice Initiative
v. Cote d'Iuoire para 19; Communication 379/09- Monim Elgak, O~man Hummeida and Amir Suliman (represented by FIDH and
OMCT) v Sudan para 142(iii)(a); Communication 389/10 - Mbiankeu Genevieve v, Cameroon para 130
81 UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations-of
Inte~na~onal Huma~ Ri~hts Law an~ Serious V~olat~ons of Internatio~al Hu~anita.rian Law,(200~~~AN
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