ECW/CCJ/JUD/30/23 - Hassan Abdou Nohou v. Niger
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Forced Eviction
- Land Rights
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Country
- Niger
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jul 5, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
- Date added
- Sep 5, 2023
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/23 - Woamede Tetevi Kokou & Or v. Togo
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Forced Eviction
- IHRDA
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Property
- Country
- Togo
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 13, 2023
- Country Geolocation
- Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
- Date added
- Jul 13, 2023
ECOWAS Court
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
Communication 306/05 – Samuel T. Muzerengwa & 110 Ors (represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights) v. Zimbabwe
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Amicus curiae
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Human Rights Violations
- Participation in Government
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Right to Property
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Women's Rights
- 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 276/03 - Centre for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) & Minority Rights Group (on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council) v. Kenya
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Civil and Political Rights
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom of Religion
- Internal Displacement
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Provisional/interim measures
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right to Education
- Right to Property
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Country
- Kenya
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 17: Right to Education
- 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
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communication 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
Communication 248/02 - Interights & World Organisation against Torture v. Nigeria
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Forced Eviction
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Movement
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Impunity
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Participation in Government
- Personal Liberty
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Education
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Women's Rights
- 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 197/97 - Bah Ould Rabah v. Mauritania
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Land Rights
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Country
- Mauritania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- Country Geolocation
- Mauritania: 21° 0′ 28″ N, 10° 56′ 27″ W
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communication 233/99-234/99 : Interights (on behalf of Pan African Movement, Citizens for Peace in Eritrea & Inter African Group) v. Ethiopia & Eritrea
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- 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
- Country
- 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
45/90 - Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Forced Eviction
- 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
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
135/94 Kenya Human Rights Commission v Kenya
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Jurisdiction
- Personal Liberty
- Specific Violation not Provided
- Country
- Kenya
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Kenya: 0° 1′ 25″ S, 37° 54′ 22″ E
- Date added
- Nov 28, 2017
ACHPR Decision
299/05 Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia
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- 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
260/02 Bakweri Land Claims Committee v Cameroon
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Civil and Political Rights
- Damages and Compensation
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Internal Displacement
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Provisional/interim measures
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Rights of Minority Communities
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision
368/09 Abdel Hadi, Ali Radi & Others v Sudan
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Damages and Compensation
- Forced Eviction
- Internal Displacement
- Personal Liberty
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Country
- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- 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
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
- Date added
- Nov 24, 2017
ACHPR Decision
321/06 Law Society of Zimbabwe et al v Zimbabwe
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Competence of the Court
- Constitutional Amendment
- Due Diligence
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Nov 24, 2017
ACHPR Decision
285/04 Mr Kizila Watumbulwa v Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Due Diligence
- Equality Before the Law
- Forced Eviction
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Property
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Country Geolocation
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4° 2′ 18″ S, 21° 45′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Nov 20, 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
ECW/CCJ/JUD/16/16 Marie Molmon & 114 Ors v Guinea
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- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Forced Eviction
- Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Land Expropriation
- Land Rights
- Murder/Assassination
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Rape
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Sexual Offences
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Guinea
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- May 17, 2016
- Country Geolocation
- Guinea: 9° 56′ 44″ N, 9° 41′ 48″ W
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2017
ECOWAS Court
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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