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Communication 470/14 Ibrahim Almaz Deng & 6 Ors (represented by Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) v. Sudan

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Equality
  • Insurrection
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Terrorism
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Sudan
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 1: General Obligations
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • 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
Country Geolocation
Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
Date added
Sep 4, 2023
ACHPR Decision

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/20 The Reg. Trustees of Jama'a Foundation & 5 Ors v. Nigeria & The Attorney General and Minister of Justice of The Federation

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Democracy
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Equality
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Impunity
  • Insurrection
  • Inter-Religious Disputes
  • Internal Displacement
  • Investigation
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Mar 20, 2020
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Oct 21, 2020
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/20 Amnesty International Togo & 7 Ors v Togo

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Equality
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Assembly
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Insurrection
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Work
  • State Internal Security
  • Theft
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Use of force
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Togo
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jun 25, 2020
Country Geolocation
Togo: 8° 37′ 10″ N, 0° 49′ 29″ E
Date added
Jul 9, 2020
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/26/19 Salifo Sawadogo v Burkina Faso

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Immunity / Privileges (Diplomatic, Presidential, Parliamentary, etc)
  • Insurrection
  • Military Tribunals
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Sep 26, 2019
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
Date added
Jul 9, 2020
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/19 Rev. Fr. Solomon Mfa & 11 Ors v. Nigeria & 5 Ors

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Equality
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Insurrection
  • Inter-Tribal Disputes
  • Investigation
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Feb 26, 2019
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Mar 16, 2020
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/16 Djibril Yipéné BASSOLE v. Burkina Faso

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Insurrection
  • Military Tribunals
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Protection of Privacy
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Privacy
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jul 1, 2016
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
Date added
Mar 6, 2020
ECOWAS Court

393/10: IHRDA and Others v DRC

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • 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

144/95 - William A. Courson v Equatorial Guinea

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • 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/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

ECW/CCJ/JUG/19/16 Djibril Yipéné Bassolé v Burkina Faso

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Competence of the Court
  • Insurrection
  • Military Tribunals
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Apr 1, 2016
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
Date added
Dec 4, 2017
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/12/16 Général Amadou Haya Sanogo, Capitaine Amassongo Dolo, Christophe Dembélé et al v Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Insurrection
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Personal Liberty
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
May 17, 2016
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
Date added
Dec 4, 2017
ECOWAS Court

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

74/92 Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme et des libertés v Chad

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Insurrection
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • State Internal Security
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Chad
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
  • 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
Chad: 15° 27′ 15″ N, 18° 43′ 56″ E
Date added
Nov 28, 2017
ACHPR Decision

151/96 Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Insurrection
  • Military Offences
  • Military Tribunals
  • Peace and Security
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
  • 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
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

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

253/02 Antonie Bissangou v Congo

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Exhaustion of Local Remedies
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Implementation of Decisions
  • Insurrection
  • Military Offences
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Offences by State agents in private capacity
  • Peace and Security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Congo
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
Country Geolocation
Republic of the Congo: 0° 13′ 41″ S, 15° 49′ 40″ E
Date added
Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision

003/2014 - Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda (Notification of an Order)

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
Date added
Nov 23, 2017
AfCHPR Decision

003/2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda - Order

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Type of Document
  • Order
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
Date added
Nov 23, 2017
AfCHPR Decision

003/2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda (Dissenting opinion - Judge Rafaa ben Achour)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting Opinion
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
Date added
Nov 23, 2017
AfCHPR Decision

03/2014 - Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda (Dissenting Opinion Gerard Niyungeko and Augustino Ramadhani)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting Opinion
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
Date added
Nov 23, 2017
AfCHPR Decision

003/2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda (Dissenting Opinion - Fatsah Ouguergouz)

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Type of Document
  • Dissenting Opinion
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
Date added
Nov 23, 2017
AfCHPR Decision

003/2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda (Corrigendum to Ruling on Withdrawal)

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Genocide
  • Insurrection
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Sectarianism and Divisionism
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Rwanda
Country Geolocation
Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
Date added
Nov 23, 2017
AfCHPR Decision

ECW/CCJ/JUD/03/13 Simone Ehivet & Michel Gbagbo v. Cote d'Ivoire

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Insurrection
  • Kidnapping/Sequestration
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Military Offences
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
Country
  • Côte d'Ivoire
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Feb 22, 2013
Country Geolocation
Côte d'Ivoire: 7° 32′ 24″ N, 5° 32′ 49″ W
Date added
Nov 10, 2017
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/13/16 Successors of Late Aïssata Cissé & Late Hama Touré v Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Civil and Political Rights
  • Complicity in Crime
  • Democracy
  • Elections / Referendums
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Insurrection
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Peace and Security
  • Personal Liberty
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • State Internal Security
  • Terrorism
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
May 17, 2016
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
Date added
Nov 9, 2017
ECOWAS Court

001/2005 - Michelo Hunsungule and Others (on behalf of Children in Northern Uganda) v. Uganda

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Child Abuse/Exploitation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Education
  • Insurrection
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Right to Health
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Transitional Justice
  • Violations Resulting from Warfare and Military Operations
State Accused
  • Uganda
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Apr 19, 2013
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 1.1: States recognize rights, freedoms and duties in the Charter and take steps to adopt implementation measures
  • ACRWC 22: Armed Conflicts
Date added
Nov 6, 2017
ACERWC Decision

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