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047/2020 - Adama Diarra v. Mali
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom of Opinion
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Mali
- ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Duration of Procedure
- Dec 1, 2020 ~ Dec 1, 2022
- Date added
- Nov 13, 2023
AfCHPR Matter
005/2013 - Alex Thomas v. Tanzania
- Case Summary
- The Applicant states that he is a convict serving a 30 year custodial sentence at Karanga Central Prison at Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region, the United Republic of Tanzania following his conviction on 3 June 1998. He alleges that there has been an undue delay in consideration of his request for the review of the decision of the Court of Appeal of 29 May 2009 to uphold his conviction and that the the Trial and Appellate Courts erred in law by convicting him. He therefore requests that the Court quashes the decisions by the trial court and the appellate courts convicting him of the offences he was charged with, acquits him and sets him free.
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Domestic/National Laws
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Tanzania
- ACHPR Rights Violated
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
- ACHPR Rights Not Violated
- 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.b : Innocent Until Proven Guilty
- ACHPR 9.1: Right to Receive Information
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Duration of Procedure
- Aug 2, 2013 ~ Feb 2, 2015
- Case Timeline
- Aug 25, 2015 ~ Nov 20, 2015
- 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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