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Communication 653/17 - Desmond Nunugwo v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death in custody
  • Equality
  • Impunity
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Use of force
Country
  • Nigeria
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Sep 2, 2021
ACHPR Decision

Communication 427/12 - SERAP (on behalf of Daniel Nsofor & Osayinwinde Agbomien) v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision

Communication 153/96 - Constitutional Rights Project v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Admissibility
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Armed Robbery Allegations
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Child Abuse/Exploitation
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Personal Liberty
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision

129/94 - Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Admissibility
  • Competence of the Court
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Due Diligence
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Jurisdiction
  • Military Offences
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision

101/93 - Civil Liberties Organisation (in respect of the Nigerian Bar Association) v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Admissibility
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Equality
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Association
  • Personal Liberty
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Fair Trial
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
  • ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.2 : Legal Offense without Retrospection
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision

224/98 Media Rights Agenda and Others v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Competence of the Court
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Military Offences
  • Military Tribunals
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Dec 15, 2017
ACHPR Decision

225/98 Huri - Laws v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Offences by State agents in private capacity
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
  • ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
  • ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
  • ACHPR 12: Right to Freedom of Movement
  • ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 30, 2017
ACHPR Decision

206/97 Centre for Free Speech v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Military Tribunals
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Work
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

143/95-150/96 Constitutional Rights Project and Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Democracy
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Military Dictatorship
  • Peace and Security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

140/94-141/94-145/95 Constitutional Rights Project, Civil Liberties Organisation and Media Rights Agenda v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Democracy
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Implementation of Decisions
  • Military Dictatorship
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • Right to Work
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
  • ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

137/94-139/94-154/96-161/97 International PEN, Constitutional Rights Project, Civil Liberties Organisation and Interrights (on behalf of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr) v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Competence of the Court
  • Corruption
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Extension of Time
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Fraud
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Provisional/interim measures
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 1: General Obligations
  • ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
  • ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • ACHPR 16: Right to Health
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
  • ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
  • ACHPR 7.1.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
  • ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
  • ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

273/03 Centre for Advancement of Democracy, Social Justice, Conflict Resolution and Human Welfare v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Due Diligence
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Personal Liberty
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

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