ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/24 - Mohamed Morlu v. Sierra Leone
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- Decision
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- Civil and Political Rights
- IHRDA
- Personal security
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Fair Trial
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Feb 28, 2024
- Country Geolocation
- Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
- Date added
- Mar 7, 2024
ECOWAS Court
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
- IHRDA
- 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
- Country
- 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
Communication 653/17 - Desmond Nunugwo v. Nigeria
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death in custody
- Equality
- Impunity
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Country
- Nigeria
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Sep 2, 2021
ACHPR Decision
Communication 344/07 - George Iyanyori Kajikabi v. Egypt
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Country
- Egypt
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 11: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- May 19, 2021
ACHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/20 Amnesty International Togo & 7 Ors v Togo
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- 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/01/20 Ousainou Darboe & 31 Ors v Gambia
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death in custody
- Democracy
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Elections / Referendums
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Murder/Assassination
- Participation in Government
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Gambia
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Jan 20, 2020
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
- 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
- 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
Communication 389/10 - Mbiankeu Geneviève v. Cameroon
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- Administration of Justice
- Coercion / Duress
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Equality Before the Law
- Human Rights Violations
- Implementation of Decisions
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Land Rights
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to Health
- Right to Property
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 14: Right to Property
- ACHPR 16: Right to Health
- ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
Communication 295/04 - Noah Kazingachire, John Chitsenga, Elias Chemvura & Batanai Hadzisi (represented by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum v. Zimbabwe
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- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Domestic/National Laws
- Due Diligence
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of Opinion
- Human Rights Violations
- Immorality
- Inheritance/Succession
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Life
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ 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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- 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 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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- 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
339/2007 Patrick Okiring and Agupio Samson (represented by Human Rights Network and ISIS WICCE) v. Republic of Uganda
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Due Diligence
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Human Rights Violations
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Transitional Justice
- Use of force
- Country
- Uganda
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 26 : Duty to Guarantee Independence of Courts
- ACHPR 6 : Right to Personal Liberty and Protection from Arbitrary Arrest
- 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
- Uganda: 1° 22′ 24″ N, 32° 17′ 25″ E
- Date added
- Feb 7, 2019
ACHPR Decision
656/17 Anas Ahmed Khalifa v. Egypt
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- False Imprisonment
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Human Rights Violations
- Military Tribunals
- Personal Liberty
- Police Brutality and Offences
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Information
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- 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
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
60/91 Constitutional Rights Project (in respect of Wahab Akamu, G. Adega and others) v Nigeria
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Military Tribunals
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Use of force
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- 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 28, 2017
ACHPR Decision
212/98 Amnesty International v Zambia
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- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Civil and Political Rights
- Democracy
- Expulsion from a State
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Freedom of Opinion
- Participation in Government
- Peace and Security
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Refugees / Asylum Seekers
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- State Internal Security
- Use of force
- Country
- Zambia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 10: Right to Freedom of Association
- ACHPR 18.1: Protection of the family
- ACHPR 18.2: Assistance to family
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
- ACHPR 8: Right to Freedom of Conscience
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Zambia: 13° 8′ 2″ S, 27° 50′ 58″ E
- Date added
- Nov 27, 2017
ACHPR Decision
198/97 S.O.S. Esclaves v Mauritania
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- Admissibility
- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Use of force
- Women's Rights
- Workers' Rights
- Country
- Mauritania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Mauritania: 21° 0′ 28″ N, 10° 56′ 27″ W
- Date added
- Nov 27, 2017
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