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ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/19 Bekaye Traore & 10 Ors & Bekaye Traore & 7 Ors v. Mali

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Equality
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Participation in Government
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Property
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Mali
Outcome
Case Dismissed
Year Decided
Feb 6, 2019
Country Geolocation
Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
Date modified
May 31, 2023
ECOWAS Court

Communication 319/06 - Interights & Ditshwanelo v. Botswana

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Death Sentence
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Botswana
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 1: General Obligations
  • ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
Country Geolocation
Botswana: 22° 19′ 43″ S, 24° 41′ 6″ E
Date modified
Apr 13, 2023
ACmHPR Decision

40/90 Bob Ngozi Njoku v Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
Country
  • Egypt
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Date modified
Mar 28, 2023
ACmHPR Decision

Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights

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Date Adopted
May 12, 2010
Date modified
Mar 27, 2023
ACmHPR Soft Law

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/18 FAJ & Ors v. The Gambia

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Opinion
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Feb 13, 2018
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Date modified
Mar 23, 2023
ECOWAS Court

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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Date adopted
Oct 4, 1967
Date modified
Mar 15, 2023
UN Document

Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Burkina Faso

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Enforced disappearance
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Burkina Faso
Country Geolocation
Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
Date modified
Mar 9, 2023
AfCHPR

001/2017 – Alfred Agbesi Woyome v. Republic of Ghana (Judgment on Review (26 June 2020))

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Type of Document
  • Revised Judgement
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Ghana
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
Country Geolocation
Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
Date modified
Mar 9, 2023
AfCHPR

001/2019 - Legal and Human Rights Centre and Centre for Reproductive Rights (on behalf of Tanzanian girls) v. Tanzania

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Child Marriage
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Health
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
State Accused
  • Tanzania
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Apr 1, 2022
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
  • ACRWC 10: Prohibition to subject child to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family home or correspondence, or to attacks upon his honour or reputation, provided that parents or legal guardians have the right to exercise reasonable supervision over the conduct of their children
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • ACRWC 14: Health and Health Services
  • ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
  • ACRWC 21: Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices
  • ACRWC 3: Every child is entitled to enjoyment of rights and freedoms in irrespective of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status
  • ACRWC 4: In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

002/2020 - Ramphele Attorneys on behalf of Thlodi Tloubatla and Thibedi Tloubatla v. South Africa

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
State Accused
  • South Africa
Outcome
  • Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Mar 20, 2021
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

001/2015 - African Centre of Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and People’s Legal Aid Centre (PLACE) v. Sudan

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
  • Right to Dignity
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Statelessness
State Accused
  • Sudan
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
May 31, 2018
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • ACRWC 3: Every child is entitled to enjoyment of rights and freedoms in irrespective of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status
  • ACRWC 4: In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration
  • ACRWC 6.3: Every child has the right to acquire a nationality
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

003/2015 - Minority Rights Group International & SOS-Esclaves (on behalf Said Ould Salem & Yarg Ould Salem) v Mauritania

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Child Abuse/Exploitation
  • Education
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Implementation of Decision
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
State Accused
  • Mauritania
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Dec 15, 2017
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • ACRWC 12: Leisure, Recreation and Cultural Activities
  • ACRWC 15: Child Labour
  • ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
  • ACRWC 21: Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices
  • ACRWC 3: Every child is entitled to enjoyment of rights and freedoms in irrespective of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status
  • ACRWC 4: In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration
  • ACRWC 5: Survival and Development
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

001/2012 - Center for Human Rights (University of Pretoria) and Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme v Senegal

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Child Abuse/Exploitation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Harmful Traditional Practices
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Health
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
State Accused
  • Senegal
Outcome
  • Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Apr 15, 2014
Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
  • ACRWC 11: Education
  • ACRWC 14: Health and Health Services
  • ACRWC 15: Child Labour
  • ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
  • ACRWC 21: Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices
  • ACRWC 29: Sale, trafficking and abduction
  • ACRWC 4: In all actions concerning the child undertaken by any person or authority the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration
  • ACRWC 5: Survival and Development
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision

155/96 - Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Economic, Social and Cultural Development
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Freedom of Movement
  • Human Rights Violations
  • Impunity
  • Massive Human Rights Violations
  • Military Offences
  • Militia operations / Armed conflicts
  • Mismanagement of Public Resources
  • Personal Liberty
  • Personal security
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Refugees / Asylum Seekers
  • Reparations / Remedies
  • Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • Right to Health
  • Right to Life
  • Right to Property
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Nigeria
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 14: Right to Property
  • ACHPR 16: Right to Health
  • ACHPR 18: Protection of the Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • ACHPR 18.1: Protection of women and children
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 21: People's Right to Free Disposal of Wealth and Natural Resources
  • ACHPR 24: Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
  • ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Mar 7, 2023
ACmHPR Decision

003/2016 - Etoungou Nko’o on behalf of Mr and Mrs. Elogo Menye and Rev Daniel Ezo’o Ayo V. the Government of Cameroon.

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Type of Document
  • Ruling
Keywords
  • Right to Life
State Accused
  • Cameroon
Outcome
  • Ruled Inadmissible
Date modified
Mar 6, 2023
ACERWC Decision

ECW/CCJ/JUD/19/21 Fodi Mohamed & Ors v. Niger

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Best Interest of the Child
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Personal Liberty
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jun 24, 2021
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
Date modified
Dec 14, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/09/19 Justice Joseph Wowo v. Gambia

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Corruption
  • Equality
  • Fraud
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Feb 27, 2019
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Date modified
Sep 13, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/04/05-Exc. Secretary ECOWAS v. Mrs. Tokunbo L.Oyemade & Others

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Workers' Rights
Country
  • ECOWAS / ECOWAS Organ
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Oct 10, 2005
Date modified
Aug 31, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/23/18 - Financial Investment & Development Corporation (FIDC) v Liberia

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Liberia
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Jul 4, 2018
Country Geolocation
Liberia: 6° 25′ 41″ N, 9° 25′ 46″ W
Date modified
Aug 30, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/22/18 - Chief Damian Onwuham (Alabake) & 22 others vs Federal Republic of Nigeria and Imo State Government.

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Investigation
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Property
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jul 3, 2018
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 30, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/21/18 - Hembadoon Chia & Others v Nigeria & Others

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Investigation
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Education
  • Right to Life
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 30, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/20/18 - Gabriel Inyang & Linus Iyeme v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Death Sentence
  • Detention Facilities/Conditions
  • False Imprisonment
  • Military Tribunals
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jun 29, 2018
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 30, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/APP/30/11 Deyda Hydara Jr. & Ors v. Gambia

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Extra-Judicial Killings
  • Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
  • Impunity
  • Investigation
  • Murder/Assassination
  • Right to Information
  • Right to Life
  • Transitional Justice
Country
  • Gambia
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Jun 10, 2014
Country Geolocation
Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
Date modified
Aug 29, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/15 George Constant Amoussou v. Republic of Benin

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Damages and Compensation
Country
  • Benin
Outcome
Ruled Inadmissible
Year Decided
Apr 23, 2015
Country Geolocation
Benin: 9° 18′ 28″ N, 2° 18′ 57″ E
Date modified
Aug 29, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/06/08 Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Republic of Niger

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Child Abuse/Exploitation
  • Child Marriage
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Damages and Compensation
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
  • Personal Liberty
  • Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights
  • Sexual Offences
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Niger
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Oct 27, 2008
Country Geolocation
Niger: 17° 36′ 28″ N, 8° 4′ 54″ E
Date modified
Aug 29, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/05/22 - Ms. Rose Breivogel & Ors v. Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Investigation
  • Right to Dignity
  • Right to Fair Trial
  • Right to Life
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Mar 21, 2022
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 22, 2022
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 modified
Aug 22, 2022
ECOWAS Court

ECW/CCJ/JUD/08/17 Dorothy Chioma Njemanze & 3 Others v Nigeria

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Type of Document
  • Judgement
Keywords
  • Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
  • Cruel and Degrading Treatment
  • Equality
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Police Brutality and Offences
  • Sexual and Gender Based Violence
  • Torture and Ill Treatment
  • Women's Rights
Country
  • Nigeria
Outcome
Decided on Merits
Year Decided
Oct 12, 2017
Country Geolocation
Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
Date modified
Aug 22, 2022
ECOWAS Court

355/ 07 - Hossam Ezzat & Rania Enayet (represented by Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights & INTERIGHTS) v The Arab Republic of Egypt

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Administration of Justice
  • Domestic/National Laws
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Protection of Family and Vulnerable Groups
  • Right to an Identity
  • Rights of Minority Communities
Country
  • Egypt
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
  • ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
Country Geolocation
Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
Date modified
Aug 22, 2022
ACmHPR Decision

335/06 Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front v South Africa

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Type of Document
  • Decision
Keywords
  • Equality Before the Law
  • Freedom from Discrimination
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Participation in Government
  • Right to Work
Country
  • South Africa
Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
  • None Indicated
Country Geolocation
South Africa: 30° 33′ 34″ S, 22° 56′ 15″ E
Date modified
Aug 22, 2022
ACmHPR Decision

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