ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/14 SERAP & 10 Ors v. Nigeria & 4 Ors
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Best Interest of the Child
- Complicity in Crime
- Damages and Compensation
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Indigenous Communities
- Internal Displacement
- Investigation
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Participation in Government
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jun 10, 2014
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Mar 19, 2020
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/29/18 CHIEF Ambrose Osuan v. Nigeria & Anor
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Indigenous Communities
- Land Rights
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Case Dismissed
- Year Decided
- Dec 11, 2018
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Mar 12, 2020
ECOWAS Court
279/03-296/05 - Sudan Human Rights Organisation & Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v Sudan
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Forced Eviction
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Indigenous Communities
- Internal Displacement
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Participation in Government
- Peace and Security
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Provisional/interim measures
- Rape
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Education
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Use of force
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
- ACHPR 12.1: Right to freedom of movement and residence within borders of State of legal residence
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- 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
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ 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
25/89-47/90-56/91-100/93 : Free Legal Assistance Group, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme, Les Témoins de Jehovah v DRC
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Corruption
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Indigenous Communities
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Education
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 17: Right to Education
- 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 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- Country Geolocation
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Feb 8, 2019
ACHPR Decision
614/16 Mr. Eid Mohammed Ismil Dahrooj amd two others (represented by AED and 4 others) v. Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Competence of the Court
- Corruption
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Human Rights Violations
- Indigenous Communities
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Education
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Privacy
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Egypt
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Feb 7, 2019
ACHPR Decision
592/15 Hesham Hamid Elshenna (represented by Prof. Mostafa Metwaly) v. Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Best Interest of the Child
- Children in conflict with the law
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- False Imprisonment
- 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
- Indigenous Communities
- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Murder/Assassination
- Offences by State agents in private capacity
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- 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
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Egypt
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Feb 7, 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
006/2012 African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Republic of Kenya
- Case Summary
- The Application is in respect (of the Ogiek of the Mau Forest) - an indigenous minority ethnic group in Kenya, about 15,000 of whom inhabit the greater Mau Forest complex. In October 2009, through the Kenya Forestry Service, the Kenyan Government issued a thirty (30) days eviction notice to the Ogiek and other settlers of the Mau Forest, The Application contends the eviction, and that the decision of the Kenyan Government will have far reaching implications on the political, social and economic survival of the Ogiek Community.
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Forced Eviction
- Indigenous Communities
- Country
- Kenya
- ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 17.2: Freedom to Participate in Community Cultural Life
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- ACHPR Rights Violated
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 17.2: Freedom to Participate in Community Cultural Life
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- ACHPR Rights Not Violated
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Duration of Procedure
- Jul 12, 2012 ~ Nov 28, 2014
- Case Timeline
- Jul 12, 2012 ~ May 26, 2017
- Date added
- Jul 4, 2018
AfCHPR Matter
299/05 Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Death Sentence
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Enforced disappearance
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Indigenous Communities
- Insurrection
- Internal Displacement
- Investigation
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Peace and Security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Provisional/interim measures
- Rape
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- State Internal Security
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
- Date added
- Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision
335/06 Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front v South Africa
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Indigenous Communities
- Participation in Government
- Right to Work
- Country
- South Africa
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- South Africa: 30° 33′ 34″ S, 22° 56′ 15″ E
- Date added
- Nov 24, 2017
ACHPR Decision
006/2012 - African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v the Republic of Kenya - Judgment
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom of Religion
- Indigenous Communities
- Land Rights
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to Property
- Country
- Kenya
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 17.2: Freedom to Participate in Community Cultural Life
- ACHPR 17.3: Promotion/Protection of Community Values
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- Country Geolocation
- Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
- Date added
- Nov 20, 2017
AfCHPR Decision
006/2012 African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights v. Kenya - Order of Provisional Measures
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- Type of Document
- Order
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Indigenous Communities
- Inheritance/Succession
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to Property
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Country
- Kenya
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2017
AfCHPR Decision
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