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003/2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda
- Case Summary
- The Applicant, Ms. Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza, who is a Rwandan citizen, contends that when the genocide in Rwanda started in April 1994 she was in the Netherlands to further her university education in economics and business administration. However, upon her return to Rewanda (after seventeen years) to contribute to national development by forming a political party, she was remanded, placed under detention and charge with the crime of spreading the ideology of genocide, aiding and abetting terrorism, sectarianism and divisionism, undermining the internal security of a state, establishment of an armed branch of a rebel movement, and attempted recourse to terrorism, armed force and any form of violence to destabilize established authority and violate constitutional principles.
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Genocide
- Sectarianism and Divisionism
- State Internal Security
- Terrorism
- Transitional Justice
- Withdrawal of Declaration under Article 34(6) - AfCHPR Protocol
- Country
- Rwanda
- ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
- ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
- ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
- ACHPR 15: Right to Work
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- ACHPR Rights Violated
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- ACHPR Rights Not Violated
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 7.2 : Legal Offense without Retrospection
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Duration of Procedure
- Oct 3, 2015 ~ Mar 22, 2017
- Case Timeline
- Oct 3, 2015 ~ Nov 24, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 5, 2018
AfCHPR Matter
016/2015 – General Kayumba Nyamwasa and Others v. Republic of Rwanda
- Case Summary
- The Applicants are citizens of the Republic of Rwanda who are currently in exile in South Africa, having fled from Rwanda, they allege that they are against the exercise in Rwanda to amend the Constitution to allow for the current President to run for the third term.
- Keywords
- Freedom of Movement
- Participation in Government
- Transitional Justice
- Withdrawal of Declaration under Article 34(6) - AfCHPR Protocol
- Country
- Rwanda
- ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
- ACHPR 13: Right to Participate in Government
- Outcome
- Order of Provisional Measures
- Outcome Inconclusive
- Case Timeline
- Jul 22, 2015 ~ Jun 3, 2018
- Date added
- Jul 4, 2018
AfCHPR Matter
002/2013 The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v Libya
- Case Summary
- The victim (Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi) who is the second son of the former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi was detained by the National Transitional Council and has been in isolation since 19 November 2011, without access to family, friends or any lawyer. He has, to date, not been charged with any offence, or brought before any Court.
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Right to Life
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Libya
- ACHPR Rights Violated
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Duration of Procedure
- Jan 31, 2013 ~ Aug 10, 2015
- Case Timeline
- Feb 28, 2013 ~ Jun 3, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 4, 2018
AfCHPR Matter
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