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Case Law
250 cases across 3 courts
250 cases
Citation pending | 2012-06-26
Femi Falana, a Nigerian human rights lawyer, sued the African Union, claiming he was denied access to the African Court because Nigeria had not made a specific declaration required for individuals to bring cases. He...
Citation pending | 2012-03-30
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights dismissed an application filed by Emmanuel Joseph Uko and others against South Africa alleging human rights violations. The Court found it lacked jurisdiction to hear the...
Citation pending | 2012-03-30
Amir Adam Timan filed an application against The Republic of The Sudan alleging human rights violations. The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights determined it lacked the authority to hear the case because Sudan...
APPLICATION 002/2012 | 2012-03-30
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ruled that it did not have the authority to hear a case brought by Delta International Investments SA and the De Langes against South Africa. This was because South Africa...
Citation pending | 2012-03-30
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights granted the African Commission a second extension until August 31, 2012, to file its reply in a case against Libya, asserting its inherent power to extend deadlines...
Application No. 010/2011 | 2011-09-30
Efoua Mbozo'o Samuel sued the Pan African Parliament for allegedly breaching his employment contract and staff regulations. The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights dismissed the case, concluding it lacked the...
Citation pending | 2011-09-30
This ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights determines the reparations owed by Tanzania after the Court found that its law requiring election candidates to be members of and sponsored by a political...
Citation pending | 2011-09-23
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights determined it lacked the authority to hear a case brought by an individual against Cameroon and Nigeria, as neither state had made the necessary declaration accepting the...
Citation pending | 2011-09-02
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights granted the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights an extension of time to file its reply in a case against the Great Socialist Libyan People's Arab Jamahiriya....
APPLICATION NO. 001/2011 | 2011-06-26
Femi Falana filed a case against the African Union, arguing that a requirement for member states to make a specific declaration before individuals can directly access the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights...
[2011] ACHPR 93 | 2011-03-03
This communication alleges that Mozambican authorities arrested, detained, and caused the disappearance of J.E. Zitha in 1974-1975, violating his human rights and those of his son, P.J.L. Zitha. The complaint asks the...
[2011] ACHPR 110 | 2011-03-03
A complaint was filed against Egypt alleging that three individuals were arrested, tortured, and denied legal access after being accused of bombings in the Sinai Peninsula. They were subsequently sentenced to death by...
Communication 306/05 | 2011-03-03
The complaint alleges that Samuel T. Muzerengwa and 110 families were unlawfully evicted from their village in Zimbabwe after a local council determined they occupied land belonging to another village. Despite...
[2010] ACmHPR 338/2007 | 2010-11-24
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed a complaint against Nigeria with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, alleging the state violated the rights of the Awori Community....
[2010] ACHPR 105 | 2010-03-03
Complainants requested the African Commission review its previous decision on the merits, arguing it failed to address remedies and lacked impartiality due to a national's involvement. The Commission is now considering...
[2009] ACHPR 102 | 2009-11-25
The Centre for Minority Rights Development and others filed a complaint against the Government of Kenya on behalf of the Endorois community. The complaint alleges that the Endorois were forcibly displaced from their...
[2009] ACHPR 100 | 2009-05-27
The Sudan Human Rights Organisation and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions filed complaints against Sudan, alleging gross and systematic human rights violations in the Darfur region. They claimed the Sudanese...
[2009] ACHPR 99 | 2009-05-27
The complainants, individuals and people of Southern Cameroon, allege that Cameroon violated their rights by denying them the option of independence during a 1961 UN plebiscite and subsequently engaging in a "forceful...
[2009] ACHPR 98 | 2009-04-03
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa complained on behalf of journalist Andrew Barclay Meldrum, who was charged and acquitted of publishing falsehoods. Despite...
Communication 297/2005 | 2009-04-03
A complaint was filed against Zimbabwe by journalistic and human rights organizations, alleging that the country's Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act violates freedom of expression. The Act requires...
293/04 | 2008-05-22
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa complained against the Zimbabwean government, alleging that its failure to promptly resolve contested election results from...
[2008] ACHPR 83 | 2008-05-22
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) filed a complaint against Angola on behalf of 14 Gambians, alleging their arbitrary arrest, inhumane detention, and deportation during a campaign...
[2007] ACHPR 79 | 2007-05-30
Article 19 filed a complaint against Eritrea with the African Commission, alleging that the state has unlawfully detained at least 18 journalists without trial since September 2001. The complaint states these...
[2006] ACHPR 78 | 2006-11-29
Three NGOs filed a complaint with the African Commission against Senegal, challenging the "Ezzan" law. They allege the law, which grants amnesty for politically motivated crimes, violates the African Charter, and the...
[2004] ACHPR 59 | 2004-12-07
A human rights institute filed a complaint against Guinea, alleging that a speech by the Guinean President incited widespread abuses against Sierra Leonean refugees, including looting, violence, arbitrary detention,...
[2004] ACHPR 56 | 2004-06-04
Human rights organizations filed a complaint against Mauritania for dissolving the main opposition political party, Union des forces démocratiques-Ere nouvelle (UFD/EN), seizing its assets, and arresting its leaders....
[2004] ACHPR 61 | 2003-11-20
This document details a complaint filed against Kenya by three organizations after a High Court order allegedly barred the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission from discussing or proposing changes to the judiciary....
[2003] ACHPR 52 | 2003-11-20
Dr. Liesbeth Zegveld and Mr. Mussie Ephrem filed a complaint against Eritrea, alleging the illegal arrest and detention of eleven former government officials who were critical of government policies. The complainants...
[2003] ACHPR 48 | 2003-05-29
A human rights group complained to the African Commission that Senegal violated the African Charter by banning a refugee demonstration. The Commission declared the complaint inadmissible, finding that the group had not...
[2003] ACHPR 46 | 2003-05-29
The Law Office of Ghazi Suleiman filed complaints against the Government of Sudan, alleging arbitrary detention, torture, and denial of fair trial rights, including access to lawyers, for civilians accused of national...
[2003] ACHPR 40 | 2003-05-29
An organization filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights against several Great Lakes region states. The complaint alleged that an economic embargo these states imposed on Burundi,...
244/01 | 2003-05-29
The Arab Organisation for Human Rights filed a complaint against Egypt, alleging that the country violated the human rights of Professor Saadeddin Mohammed Ibrahim and 27 others. These individuals were convicted of...
[2001] ACHPR 29 | 2001-05-07
Africa Legal Aid filed a complaint alleging that a minor, Isaac Banda, was fraudulently taken from Malawi to The Gambia and subjected to conditions close to slavery, including being denied education and food. The...
[2000] ACHPR 28 | 2000-11-06
A Senegalese trade union complained that the government unlawfully arrested its leaders and members, repressed protests, and violated their rights during legal proceedings. Although a local court acquitted the...
[2000] ACHPR 26 | 2000-11-06
Motale Zacharia Sakwe alleged that Cameroonian officials abducted, unlawfully detained, and tortured him and his mother, and then forced them to pay for their release without being charged. The Commission is currently...
[2000] ACHPR 27 | 2000-11-06
John D. Ouko, a Kenyan student leader, filed a complaint alleging that he was unlawfully arrested, detained, tortured, and forced to flee his country due to his political opinions and activism. The Commission has...
97/93_14AR | 2000-11-06
John K. Modise claims Botswanan citizenship by descent, but he has been repeatedly declared an "undesirable immigrant" and deported from Botswana, preventing him from pursuing legal challenges. He alleges that these...
215/98 | 1998-10-31
Rights International, an NGO, alleged that Nigerian authorities arrested, tortured, and unlawfully detained Charles Baridorn Wiwa, a Nigerian student, before he was forced to flee the country due to further threats....
[1998] ACHPR 2 | 1998-10-31
After a Nigerian presidential election was widely deemed free and fair, the military government annulled the results and issued decrees preventing courts from reviewing its decision and banning candidates. Subsequent...
39/90_10AR | 1997-04-24
Annette Pagnoulle submitted a complaint against Cameroon concerning Abdoulaye Mazou, who was imprisoned without trial, held beyond his sentence, and later denied reinstatement as a magistrate. The Commission declared...
[1997] ACHPR 1 | 1997-04-24
This judgment addressed a human rights complaint against Cameroon, consisting of allegations of severe abuses by a human rights organization and a separate claim of persecution by an individual. The Commission declared...
27/89-46/91-49/91-99/93 | 1996-10-31
This judgment compiles multiple communications from human rights organizations alleging serious and widespread human rights violations by Rwanda, including arbitrary arrests, massacres, and ethnic-based detentions. The...
[1996] ACHPR 9 | 1996-04-04
Various human rights organizations and a religious group filed four joined complaints against Zaire (now DRC), alleging widespread human rights abuses including torture, arbitrary arrests, and restrictions on...
25/89-47/90-56/91-100/93 | 1995-10-31
Several human rights organizations and a religious group filed complaints against Zaire (now DRC), alleging widespread human rights violations including arbitrary arrests, torture, extrajudicial killings, and...
Communication No. 127/94 | 1994-11-03
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights declared a complaint inadmissible, in which Mr. Dumbuya alleged wrongful dismissal from his government job. The Commission's decision was due to Mr. Dumbuya's failure...
Comm. 88/93, 7th ACHPR AAR Annex IX (1993–1994) | 1994-04-27
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decided to formally notify the government of Togo about a human rights communication filed against it and requested a response within two months. Substantive...
[2017] ACHPR 3 | 1990-10-16
The Commission found evidence of serious and widespread human rights violations by the Government of Zaire, including arbitrary arrests and torture. It decided to bring this situation to the attention of the Assembly...
Comm. 38/90 | 1990-04-28
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights dismissed Wesley Parish's complaint against Indonesia because Indonesia is not a state that has ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Comm. 42/90 | 1990-04-25
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights declared a complaint against Malawi inadmissible because Malawi was not a state party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
Communication No. 28/89 | 1989-11-04
An international association filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights against Ethiopia, alleging false imprisonment and destruction of property. The Commission declared the complaint...