ECW/CCJ/JUD/29/24 - Obianuju Catherine Udeh & 2 Ors. v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Investigation
- Kidnapping/Sequestration
- Participation in Government
- Peace and Security
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Self-Determination
- State Internal Security
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 10, 2024
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2024
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/11/12 Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) v The Republic of Ghana
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- Judgement
- Keywords
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Freedom of Movement
- Right to Self-Determination
- Country
- Ghana
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Jul 6, 2012
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
- Date added
- Jan 5, 2021
ECOWAS Court
Communication 351/2007 - Givemore Chari (represented by Gabriel Shumba) v. Zimbabwe
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Coercion / Duress
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Human Rights Violations
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Investigation
- Non Compliance
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communicaation 338/07 - Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v. Nigeria
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- Decision
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- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Human Rights Violations
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- 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 305/05 - ARTICLE 19 & Ors v. Zimbabwe
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Civil and Political Rights
- Coercion / Duress
- Domestic/National Laws
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Jurisdiction
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Privacy
- Right to Information
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- Right to Work
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communication 272/03 - Association of Victims of Post Electoral Violence & INTERIGHTS v. Cameroon
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- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Due Diligence
- Elections / Referendums
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Opinion
- Human Rights Violations
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communication 266/03 - Kevin Mgwanga Gunme et al v. Cameroon
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Due Diligence
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Education
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Human Rights Violations
- Murder/Assassination
- Participation in Government
- Peace and Security
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Education
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Self-Determination
- Terrorism
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
- ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- ACHPR 19: Right of All Peoples to Equality and Rights
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- 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
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communication 268/03 - Ilesanmi v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Corruption
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Fraud
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Human Rights Violations
- Impunity
- Peace and Security
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Life
- Right to Self-Determination
- Right to Work
- Trafficking / Use of contraband
- 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 205/97 - Kazeem Aminu v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Movement
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Self-Determination
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 10.1: Freedom of association
- ACHPR 3.2: Equal protection of the law
- 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
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
64/92-68/92-78/92_8AR : Krishna Achuthan (on behalf of Aleke Banda),Amnesty International (on behalf of Orton and Vera Chirwa), Amnesty International (on behalf of Orton and Vera Chirwa) / Malawi
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Corruption
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Enforced disappearance
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Human Rights Violations
- Kidnapping/Sequestration
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Privacy
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Self-Determination
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Workers' Rights
- Country
- Malawi
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- 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.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Malawi: 13° 15′ 16″ S, 34° 18′ 5″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
288/04 Gabriel Shumba v Zimbabwe
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality Before the Law
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Privacy
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- Sexual Offences
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
227/99 - Democratic Republic of Congo v Burundi, Rwanda & Uganda
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Indigenous Communities
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Rape
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Self-Determination
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Rights of Non-Nationals
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
- Sexual Offences
- State Internal Security
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Burundi
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Rwanda
- Uganda
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 17: Right to Education
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- ACHPR 18.3: Protection of Rights of Women and Children
- ACHPR 19: Right of All Peoples to Equality and Rights
- ACHPR 20 : Right to Self-Determination
- ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- ACHPR 23: Right to National and International Security and Peace
- ACHPR 23.1: Right to national and international peace and security
- ACHPR 23.2.a: Non-involvement of asylees/refugees in subversive activities against their country of origin or State parties to the Charter
- ACHPR 23.2.b: Prevention of subversive or terrorist activities against other States
- Country Geolocation
- Uganda: 1° 22′ 24″ N, 32° 17′ 25″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/24/18 - Engr. Raymond Oguche & Others v Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality Before the Law
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom of Movement
- Indigenous Communities
- Inter-Tribal Disputes
- Internal Displacement
- Land Rights
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to an Identity
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Jul 4, 2018
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jul 24, 2018
ECOWAS Court
75/92 : Congrès du peuple katangais / DRC
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- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Right to Self-Determination
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2018
ACHPR Decision
144/95 - William A. Courson v Equatorial Guinea
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Death Sentence
- Democracy
- Elections / Referendums
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Insurrection
- Military Offences
- Participation in Government
- Peace and Security
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Right to Self-Determination
- State Internal Security
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guinea
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Equatorial Guinea: 1° 39′ 3″ N, 10° 16′ 4″ E
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2018
ACHPR Decision
328/06 Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda v Angola
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Property
- Right to Self-Determination
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Angola
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Angola: 11° 12′ 10″ S, 17° 52′ 26″ E
- Date added
- Nov 24, 2017
ACHPR Decision
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