Communication 636/16 - IHRDA & Ors v. Burundi
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Democracy
- Elections / Referendums
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Family
- Right to Health
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Use of force
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- Burundi
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- 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
- Burundi: 3° 22′ 23″ S, 29° 55′ 8″ E
- Date added
- Sep 4, 2023
ACHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/33/19 Martha Adamu & 7 Ors v Nigeria
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- Damages and Compensation
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- Murder/Assassination
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to Dignity
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
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- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Dec 9, 2019
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jul 9, 2020
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/29/19 Private Barnabas Eli v. Nigeria
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
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- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Work
- Theft
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Workers' Rights
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- Nigeria
- Year Decided
- Oct 11, 2019
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jul 9, 2020
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/14 SERAP & 10 Ors v. Nigeria & 4 Ors
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- 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
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- 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/07/13 Aziagbede Kokou & 33 Ors, Atsou Komlavi & 4 Ors, & Tomekpe Lanou & 29 Ors v. Togo
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- Civil and Political Rights
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- Elections / Referendums
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Impunity
- Investigation
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
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- Togo
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- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 3, 2013
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
- Date added
- Mar 17, 2020
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/15/18 Nazare Gomes de Pina v. Guinea Bissau
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- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
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- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
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- Guinea Bissau
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- May 24, 2018
- Country Geolocation
- Guinea-Bissau: 11° 48′ 13″ N, 15° 10′ 49″ W
- Date added
- Mar 12, 2020
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/07/16 AMETEPE Koffi v. Togo
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- Police Brutality and Offences
- Right to Health
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
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- Togo
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Apr 20, 2016
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
- Date added
- Mar 6, 2020
ECOWAS Court
279/03-296/05 - Sudan Human Rights Organisation & Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v Sudan
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- 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
233/99-234/99 : Interights (on behalf of Pan African Movement and Citizens for Peace in Eritrea) v Ethiopia and Interights (on behalf of Pan African Movement and Inter African Group) / Eritrea
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Best Interest of the Child
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Expulsion from a State
- Forced Eviction
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Movement
- Land Expropriation
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Rape
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right of Women to Inheritance
- 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
- Rights of Non-Nationals
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Women's Rights
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- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Eritrea: 15° 10′ 46″ N, 39° 46′ 56″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
155/96 - Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) v Nigeria
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- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality Before the Law
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Human Rights Violations
- Impunity
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Mismanagement of Public Resources
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 21: Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- ACHPR 24: Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
148/96 : Constitutional Rights Project / Nigeria
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Movement
- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- 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
48/90-50/91-52/91-89/93 - Amnesty International, Comité Loosli Bachelard, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Association of Members of the Episcopal Conference of East Africa v Sudan
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- Administration of Justice
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- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Domestic/National Laws
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality Before the Law
- Expulsion from a State
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Freedom of Religion
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Impunity
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- 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 Property
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
- ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- 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.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
- ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- Country Geolocation
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
129/94 - Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria
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- 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
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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- 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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- 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
544/15 European Alliance for Human Rights (AED) and 3 Others v. Egypt
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- 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
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Workers' 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
615/16 Medhat Mohammed Bahieddin Ahmed (represented by the Organisation of European Alliance for Human Rights and Ors) v. Egypt
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Human Rights Violations
- Kidnapping/Sequestration
- Military Dictatorship
- Military Offences
- Military Tribunals
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- 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
625/16 Basem Kamali Mohammed Odeh (represented by AED and 4 ors) v. Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Enforced disappearance
- Equality Before the Law
- Extension of Time
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Human Rights Violations
- Military Dictatorship
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Egypt
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Feb 7, 2019
ACHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/02/16 - Konso Kokou Parounam v Togo
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Military Offences
- Personal Liberty
- Theft
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Workers' Rights
- Country
- Niger
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Feb 16, 2016
- Country Geolocation
- Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
- Date added
- Nov 7, 2018
ECOWAS Court
393/10: IHRDA and Others v DRC
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Human Rights Violations
- Insurrection
- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 22: Peoples' Right to Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- 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.c: Right to Defence
- Country Geolocation
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Sep 10, 2018
ACHPR Decision
25/89 Free Legal Assistance Group and Others v Zaire
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Corruption
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Education
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of Opinion
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Peace and Security
- 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
- Right to Work
- 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
- Jul 4, 2018
ACHPR Decision
83/92 Degli and Others v Togo
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Corruption
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Fraud
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Human Rights Violations
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Use of force
- Country
- Togo
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
- Date added
- Jul 4, 2018
ACHPR Decision
65/92 Ligue Camerounaise des Droits de l'Homme v Cameroon
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Human Rights Violations
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Military Offences
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Serious and Massive Violation of Human Rights
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Jul 4, 2018
ACHPR Decision
144/95 - William A. Courson v Equatorial Guinea
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- Decision
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- 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
ECW/CCJ/JUD/14/17 Vincent Agu & Ors v. Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Military Offences
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Amicable Settlement
- Year Decided
- Oct 30, 2017
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jun 21, 2018
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/18/16 The Incorporated Trustees of Fiscal and Civic Right Enlightenment Foundation v. Nigeria et al.
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Damages and Compensation
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Movement
- Insurrection
- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Terrorism
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jun 7, 2016
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Jun 8, 2018
ECOWAS Court
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
223/98 Forum of Conscience v Sierra Leone
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Death Sentence
- Insurrection
- Military Offences
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- State Internal Security
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
- Country Geolocation
- Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
- Date added
- Nov 29, 2017
ACHPR Decision
147/95_149/96 Sir Dawda K. Jawara v Gambia (The)
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Democracy
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of Opinion
- Freedom of Religion
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Implementation of Decisions
- Kidnapping/Sequestration
- Military Dictatorship
- Military Offences
- Murder/Assassination
- Participation in Government
- Peace and Security
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- State Internal Security
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Gambia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
- ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- ACHPR 12: Right to Freedom of Movement
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 20 : Right to Self-Determination
- ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
- ACHPR 7.2 : Legal Offense without Retrospection
- ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
- Date added
- Nov 29, 2017
ACHPR Decision
70/92_9AR Ibrahima Dioumessi, Sekou Kande, Ousmane Kaba v Guinea
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Military Offences
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Country
- Guinea
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
- Date added
- Nov 28, 2017
ACHPR Decision