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Citation pending | 2020-10-30
This ruling concerns a request for provisional measures by the Legal and Human Rights Centre and Tanganyika Law Society against the United Republic of Tanzania. The applicants claim they were wrongly excluded from the...
Citation pending | 2020-10-23
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued a ruling on provisional measures in a case brought by Babarou Bocoum against the Republic of Mali. Bocoum claimed he was unable to vote in the 2020 legislative...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered judgment in a case brought by James Wanjara and four others against Tanzania, alleging violations of human rights, including the right to free legal assistance...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights considered a case brought by Boubacar Sissoko and 74 other Malian police officers against the Republic of Mali. The officers alleged that their rights to equality and...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
This judgment concerns an application by Yacouba Traore against the Republic of Mali, alleging human rights violations stemming from his unlawful dismissal from employment. Traore claims that Mali failed to uphold his...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
This ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights details a second request for interim orders by Houngue Eric Noudehouenou against the Republic of Benin. The applicant claims that the state continues to...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued an order concerning the Republic of Mauritius's application to intervene in a case. Mauritius sought to join a case initiated by Bernard Anbataayela Mornah against...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ruled in favor of Job Mlama and two others against Tanzania, finding that the state violated their rights to a fair trial, including the right to defence, presumption of...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued an Order striking out the application filed by Benedicto Daniel Mallya against the United Republic of Tanzania. The Court took this action because Mr. Mallya, the...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a ruling concerning an application filed by Hamad Mohamed Lyambaka, a Tanzanian prisoner, against the United Republic of Tanzania. The ruling addressed the court's...
APPLICATION No. 039/2016 | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights delivered a ruling in the case of Chananja Luchagula against the United Republic of Tanzania. This ruling focused on the objections raised by Tanzania regarding the...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued an order striking out the application filed by Abdallah Ally Kulukuni against the United Republic of Tanzania. The application concerned claims of unlawful...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ordered the United Republic of Tanzania to provide reparations to Christopher Jonas. This judgment follows a prior finding that Tanzania violated Jonas's right to a fair...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
This document details the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights' consideration of a request for provisional measures in a case brought by Glory Cyriaque Hossou and Angelo Adelakoun against the Republic of Benin....
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
This ruling concerns Laurent Gbagbo's application for provisional measures against Cote d'Ivoire, challenging his removal from the voter register. His removal was based on a prior criminal conviction for aiding and...
CONSOLIDATED APPLICATIONS Nos. 014/2020 AND No. 017/2020 | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued a ruling on requests for provisional measures in a case brought by an individual and an NGO against Burkina Faso and three other states. The applications concerned...
Citation pending | 2020-09-25
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights considered a request for provisional measures from Conaide Togia Latondji Akouedenoudje against the Republic of Benin. The applicant sought to suspend an inter-ministerial...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/20 | 2020-09-20
Cheikh Gueye sued the Republic of Senegal, alleging the state violated his right to property by auctioning it without prior notice or compensation, and his right to a fair hearing regarding the auction proceedings. He...
Citation pending | 2020-09-04
This order concerns a request for reparations by Thobias Mang'ara Mango and Shukurani Masegenya Mango against the United Republic of Tanzania, following a previous finding that Tanzania violated their human rights. The...
APPLICATION No. 004/2017 | 2020-06-26
This judgment by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights addresses an application by Fidèle Mulindahabi against the Republic of Rwanda, alleging violations of his rights to a fair trial, equal protection of the...
APPLICATION FOR REVIEW No. 001/2020 | 2020-06-26
This judgment concerns an application filed by Alfred Agbesi Woyome for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to review a previous judgment against him. Woyome claimed to have discovered new information that...
Citation pending | 2020-06-26
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a ruling in default in the case of Fidèle Mulindahabi against the Republic of Rwanda. This ruling addresses an application concerning a traffic accident, despite...
Citation pending | 2020-06-26
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued a ruling in default concerning Fidele Mulindahabi's application against the Republic of Rwanda. Mulindahabi alleged that Rwanda violated his right to an adequate...
Citation pending | 2020-06-26
This ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights addresses an application filed by Fidele Mulindahabi against the Republic of Rwanda, concerning the applicant's ownership of a minibus. The Court rendered...
APPLICATION No. 028/2015 | 2020-06-26
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights considered an application by Kalebi Elisamehe against the United Republic of Tanzania, alleging violations of his human rights during his criminal proceedings, including...
Citation pending | 2020-06-26
Andrew Ambrose Cheusi brought a case against Tanzania before the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, alleging violations of his human rights, including the right to a fair trial. The Court examined the various...
Citation pending | 2020-06-26
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered a judgment in the case of Kalebi Elisamehe against the United Republic of Tanzania, addressing alleged violations of the applicant's human rights, including the...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/08/20 | 2020-06-25
This judgment concerns an application by 244 Nigerian Army officers to the ECOWAS Court of Justice for a supplementary order. They seek to compel the Federal Republic of Nigeria to reinstate them and pay back salaries,...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/20 | 2020-06-25
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice heard a case where several NGOs and a journalist alleged the Togolese Republic shut down internet access and violated freedom of expression during 2017 protests over presidential...
Citation pending | 2020-05-06
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights clarified that the Republic of Benin's withdrawal of its declaration accepting the court's jurisdiction for individual applications is not retroactive and takes effect one...
Citation pending | 2020-05-05
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a ruling on provisional measures concerning a Beninese national's challenge to constitutional revisions requiring political party affiliation and sponsorship for...
Citation pending | 2020-04-22
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued an Order for Provisional Measures on April 22, 2020, in a case brought by Guillaume Kigbafori Soro and other Ivorian politicians against the Republic of Côte...
APPLICATION No. 010/2020 | 2020-04-03
This ruling from the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights addresses a request for provisional measures by XYZ against the Republic of Benin. The applicant sought to halt the application of a new constitutional...
Citation pending | 2020-04-02
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights considered Komi Koutche's request for provisional measures against the Republic of Benin. Koutche sought to halt criminal proceedings and related actions, such as an...
Citation pending | 2020-03-27
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights considered a request for provisional measures in a case brought by Charles Kajoloweka against the Republic of Malawi. Kajoloweka sought an order from the Court to prevent...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/20 | 2020-03-20
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice heard an application from the Jama'a Foundation and others against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The applicants alleged that Nigeria violated their human rights by failing to...
Citation pending | 2020-02-28
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights is considering an application from Ghaby Kodeih against the Republic of Benin for provisional measures. Kodeih alleges human rights violations relating to the seizure and...
Citation pending | 2020-02-28
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights issued an order for provisional measures concerning Ghaby Kodeih and Nabih Kodeih against the Republic of Benin. The applicants sought to prevent the demolition of their...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/02/20 | 2020-02-03
This case involves a former ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development employee who claims the bank failed to comply with its Staff Rules during a recruitment exercise and wrongfully terminated him after he protested...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/20 | 2020-01-20
The United Democratic Party and 31 individuals brought a case before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice against the Republic of The Gambia. They alleged human rights violations, including arbitrary arrest,...
ECW/CCJ/JUD/33/19 | 2019-12-09
In the ECOWAS Court of Justice, the Adamu family sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria, alleging that Nigerian soldiers violated their father's right to life by shooting and killing him in 2010 and that authorities...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
XYZ, an anonymous Beninese national, applied to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for provisional measures against the Republic of Benin. The application challenged a Beninese decree prohibiting the...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
This document details an application for provisional measures filed by an anonymous individual against the Republic of Benin. The applicant challenges a national court's decision to make a former Prime Minister...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
An individual is challenging a decree issued by the Republic of Benin that prohibits the issuance of legal documents to certain persons sought by justice. The applicant alleges that this decree violates various human...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
This ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights addresses an application for provisional measures filed by a Beninese national. The applicant sought to challenge the five-year election ineligibility...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
This ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights addresses XYZ's application for provisional measures against the Republic of Benin. XYZ alleges that Benin's electoral body, the Orientation and Supervisory...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ordered the combining of three separate cases brought by Goh Taudier, Bamba Lamine, and Coulibaly Ousmane against the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. The Court decided this...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ordered the joinder of several applications filed by different individuals against the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. This decision was made because the cases involved similar...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a ruling on provisional measures in the case of Komi Koutche against the Republic of Benin. Koutche, a Beninese politician facing extradition for alleged financial...
Citation pending | 2019-12-02
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ordered the joinder of three separate applications filed by Aguehi Ogou François, Sylla Ibrahim, and Kinda Ibrahim against the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The court found...