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001/2017 - Alfred Agbes Woyome v. Republic of Ghana (Dissenting Opinion of Judge Gérard Niyungeko (28 June 2019)).pdf
- Type of Document
- Dissenting Opinion
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- 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
AfCHPR
Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Burkina Faso
- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Human Rights Violations
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Country Geolocation
- Burkina Faso: 12° 14′ 18″ N, 1° 33′ 42″ W
AfCHPR
001/2017 – Alfred Agbes Woyome v. Republic of Ghana (Order for Provisional Mesures (24 November 2017))
- Type of Document
- Order for Provisional Measures
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- 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
AfCHPR
001/2017 – Alfred Agbes Woyome v. Ghana
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- 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
001/2017 – Alfred Agbes Woyome v. Republic of Ghana (Judgment on Review (26 June 2020))
- Type of Document
- Revised Judgement
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- 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
AfCHPR
Communication 307/07 - Mr. Obert Chinhamo v Zimbabwe
- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Freedom of Movement
- Right to Dignity
- Case Headnotes
- No value
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
AfCHPR
002/2011 Request for Advisory Opinion by Marcel Ceccaldi
- Type of Document
- Advisory Opinion
- Keywords
- Non Compliance
- Case Headnotes
- A letter dated August 22nd 2011 was received by a registrar at the court, where advocate Marcel Ceccaldi requested an advisory opinion from the court on behalf of the Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The court instructed the registrar to ask the author of the request to show proof that he was acting on behalf of Libya, but unfortunately the author declined to respond to this request. The attitude of the author of the request for advisory opinion, showed unwillingness to pursue the matter further. As a result of this behavior, the court unanimously decided to remove the request from the general list of the court.
- Country
- Libya
- Country Geolocation
- Libya: 32° 33′ 21″ N, 13° 16′ 48″ E
AfCHPR
042-2016 - Collectif des Anciens Travailleurs du Laboratoire ALS V. Mali
- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- According to the records, on 1 February 2012,ihe Applicants, who claim to have been victims of lead poisoning during their service, seized the Prosecutor at the Commune lll Court of First instance of the District of Bamako of a criminal complaint, followed by a letter addressed to the Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Bamako on the same subject. The Applicants allege that the Australian Laboratory, which specializes in the chemical analysis of samples to determine the content of gold and other metals, used in this respect, toxic products such as acid, butyl isobutyl (DIBK), and solvents such as nitrate, sodium, lithium, borax, sodium carbonate, sodium oxide and lead.
- Country
- Mali
- Country Geolocation
- Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR
010/11 Efoua Mbozo’o Samuel v. The Pan African Parliament
- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Jurisdiction
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- Efoua Mbozo'o Samuel, domiciled in Yaoundé, Cameroon,brought before the Court, a case against the Pan African Parliament, alleging breach of paragraph 4 of hiscontract of employment and of Article 13 (a) and (b) of the OAU Staff Regulations, and improper refusal torenew his contract and to re-grade him
- Country
- AU / AU Organ
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
AfCHPR
01/08 Michelot Yogogombaye v Senegal (Separate Opinion - Fatsah Ouguergouz)
- Type of Document
- Separate Opinion
- Keywords
- AfCHPR Procedure
- Retro-activity of offence
- Right to Information
- Transitional Justice
- Case Headnotes
- Fatsah Ouguergouz is of the opinion that the Applicant indeed has the right to know why it has taken nearly one year between the date of receipt of his application at the Registry and the date on which the Court took its decision thereon. Senegal, on the other hand, has the right to know why the Court chose to make a solemn ruling on the application by means of a Judgment, rather than reject it de plano with a simple letter issued by the Registry. The two Parties also have the right to know the reasons for which their prayers in respect of the costs and expenses, respectively, of the case, have been rejected; the Applicant should also know why his prayer in this regard was addressed on the basis of Rule 30 of the Interim Rules of the Court (hereinafter referred toas the "Rules") on Legal Costs, whereas the Court could have equally, if not exclusively, treated this prayer on the basis of Rule 31 on Legal Assistance.
- Country
- Senegal
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Senegal: 14° 29′ 51″ N, 14° 27′ 9″ W
AfCHPR
046/2016 - APDF & IHRDA v Republic of Mali
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Child Marriage
- Domestic/National Laws
- Harmful Traditional Practices
- Right of Women to Inheritance
- Case Headnotes
- In a bid to modernise its legislation by bringing it in line with the evolving international human rights law, the Government of Mali launched, in 1998, a vast operation to codify the rights of individuals and the family. This project, which was subject to broad popular consultation, received expert input prior to the drafting of Law No. 201 1-087 establishing the Persons and Family Code. However, the Applicants submit that the law as promulgated violates several provisions of international human rights instruments ratified by the Respondent State.
- Country
- Mali
- Country Geolocation
- Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
AfCHPR
007/11 Youssef Ababou v. Morocco
- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Jurisdiction
- Case Headnotes
- In his application, the Applicant alleges as follows: - the Kingdom of Morocco has refused, and continues to refuse, to issue him his documents, which include, a national identity card and a passport;- it has been many years since he started requesting his rights to these civil status documents from the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Algeria, “but the latter have systematically refused to respect [his] rights to these documents".
- Country
- Morocco
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Morocco: 31° 47′ 30″ N, 7° 5′ 33″ W
AfCHPR
005/11 Daniel Amare & Mulugeta Amare v. Mozambique & Mozambique Airlines
- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- AfCHPR Manifest Lack of Jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- Case Headnotes
- In their application, the Applicants allege as follows, namely that: - In or about November 2008, having procured the requisite passports, visas and air tickets, they set out to travel to Maputo, Mozambique via Nairobi, Kenya.- At Nairobi, they transited from the Ethiopian Airlines to a Mozambique Airline flight to Maputo.- However, the flight did not take them to Maputo but landed in Pemba, Mozambique, where they were stranded for a period of twenty six (26) days.4. The Applicants further allege that: - During that period, they were subjected by the Mozambique Immigration Officials to diverse hardships, including demands for bribes, which they resisted, confiscating of their passports and visas, robbery of $1000 from them, torture, and deportation to Dar-es-Salaam.
- Country
- Mozambique
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Mozambique: 18° 39′ 57″ S, 35° 31′ 46″ E
AfCHPR
020/2015 – Livinus Daudi Manyuka v. United Republic of Tanzania
- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Armed Robbery
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Freedom of Movement
- Reasonable Period of Time
- Retro-activity of offence
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the Application that on 4 November 1999 the Applicant, and two other individuals, were charged with the offence of robbery with violence in the District Court at Mbinga, Ruvuma Region. On 15 May 2000, they were convicted and each sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
004/2015 – Andrew Ambrose Cheusi v. United Republic of Tanzania
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Reasonable Period of Time
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the application that, on 6 June 2003, the applicant was arrested for having committed armed robbery of a pick-up vehicle at a place known as Sinza Madukani, in Dar es Salaam. He was prosecuted for the offense before the Kibaha District Magistrate Court. He was released on bail on 7 November 2003. While he was out on bail in this case, on September 2004, he was again arrested and charged in a second case before the same court, for conspiring to commit a felony and for the offence of robbery. It was alleged that he had stolen a saloon car at korogwe area in kibaha District.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
004/2015 – Andrew Ambrose Cheusi v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion By Judge Bensaoula Chafika)
- Type of Document
- Separate Opinion
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Reasonable Period of Time
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the application that, on 6 June 2003, the applicant was arrested for having committed armed robbery of a pick-up vehicle at a place known as Sinza Madukani, in Dar es Salaam. He was prosecuted for the offense before the Kibaha District Magistrate Court. He was released on bail on 7 November 2003. While he was out on bail in this case, on September 2004, he was again arrested and charged in a second case before the same court, for conspiring to commit a felony and for the offence of robbery. It was alleged that he had stolen a saloon car at korogwe area in kibaha District.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a Reasonable Time by Impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
028/2015 – Kalebi Elisamehe v. United Republic of Tanzania
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Rape
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the application that, on 6 March 2004, the applicant was convicted and sentenced by the District Magistrate’s Court of Monduli at monduli District to a thirty (30) year prison sentence for the rape of a twelve (12) year old minor. He was ordered to pay the victim one cow valued at Tanzania Shillings Two Hundred Thousand as compensation. The applicant appealed against the judgement.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
App 001/2019 for Judgment on Review of App. No. 030/2015 – Ramadhani Issa Malengo v. United Republic of Tanzania
- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the file that in 1996, the Applicant had an oral agreement with DIMON Ramadhani lssa Malengo (hereinafter referred to as the "Applicant") is a national of Tanzania and a tobacco farmer. He resides in Kigwa village, Tabora region and alleges that the Respondent State violated his rights by denying him justice in the National courts.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
025/2015 – Majid Goa aliad Vedatus v. United Republic of Tanzania
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Rape
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the file that on 20 December 2005, the District Court of Tarime, in Criminal case No. 418 of 2005 convicted the Applicant and sentenced him to thirty (30) years imprisonment following conviction for rape of a twelve (12) year old minor.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
017/2015 – Kennedy Gihana and Others v. Republic of Rwanda
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Participation in Government
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Family
- Right to Work
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the file that the Applicants learnt of the invalidation, by the Respondent State, of their passports and those of other Rwandan nationals when one of them was informed upon applying for a visa to travel to the United States of America, that his name appeared on a list of 14 May 2012, indicating the invalidity of the passports held by all persons included on the said list.
- Country
- Rwanda
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
- ACHPR 13.1: Right to participate freely in government
- Country Geolocation
- Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR
017/2015 – Kennedy Gihana and Others v. Republic of Rwanda (Order on Continuance of Proceedings)
- Type of Document
- Order on Continuance of Proceedings
- Keywords
- Citizenship/Nationality and Related Rights
- Freedom of Movement
- Participation in Government
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Family
- Right to Work
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges from the file that the Applicants learnt of the invalidation, by the Respondent State, of their passports and those of other Rwandan nationals when one of them was informed upon applying for a visa to travel to the United States of America, that his name appeared on a list of 14 May 2012, indicating the invalidity of the passports held by all persons included on the said list.
- Country
- Rwanda
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 12:2: Right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country
- ACHPR 13.1: Right to participate freely in government
- Country Geolocation
- Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR
016/2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Dissenting Opinion of Judge Rafaâ Ben ACHOUR)
- Type of Document
- Dissenting Opinion
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
- Country
- Ghana
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR
016/2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana
- Type of Document
- Ruling
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
- Country
- Ghana
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR
016-2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Dissenting Opinion of Judge Blaise TCHIKAYA)
- Type of Document
- Dissenting Opinion
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
- Country
- Ghana
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR
016/2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Order for provisional mesures (28 September 2017))
- Type of Document
- Order
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
- Country
- Ghana
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR
016/2017 – Dexter Eddie Johnson v. Republic of Ghana (Partly dissenting opinion of Judges Gérard Niyungeko and Rafâa Ben Achour)
- Type of Document
- Dissenting Opinion
- Keywords
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Case Headnotes
- It emerges, from the Application, that on 27 May 2OO4, an American National was killed near the village of Ningo in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The Applicant was accused of committing this crime and brought to trial. He denied the offence. On 18 June 2008, the Fast Track High Court in Accra, convicted the Applicant of the murder and sentenced him to death.
- Country
- Ghana
- Country Geolocation
- Ghana: 7° 56′ 47″ N, 1° 1′ 23″ W
AfCHPR
004/2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda (Separate Opinion of Judges Rafâa Ben Achour and Blaise Tchikaya (26 June 2020))
- Type of Document
- Separate Opinion
- Keywords
- Dismissed Without Notice
- Equality Before the Law
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Work
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- It is apparent from the record, that, on 17 November 2009, following his success in a recruitment test, the applicant signed an employment contract for the position of Head of the Planning and Strategy Section at the State-owned Rwanda Electricity Corporation and Rwanda Water and Sanitation Corporation, which later became the Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA). On 13 April 2010, the applicant was dismissed without notice.
- Country
- Rwanda
- Country Geolocation
- Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR
004/2017 Mulindahabi Fidèle v Republic of Rwanda
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Dismissed Without Notice
- Equality Before the Law
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Work
- Workers' Rights
- Case Headnotes
- It is apparent from the record, that, on 17 November 2009, following his success in a recruitment test, the applicant signed an employment contract for the position of Head of the Planning and Strategy Section at the State-owned Rwanda Electricity Corporation and Rwanda Water and Sanitation Corporation, which later became the Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority (EWSA). On 13 April 2010, the applicant was dismissed without notice.
- Country
- Rwanda
- Country Geolocation
- Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
AfCHPR
008/2015 – Shukrani Mango and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania (Separate Opinion of Justice Blaise Tchikaya)
- Type of Document
- Separate Opinion
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- lt emerges from the Application that the First Applicant, Shukrani Masegenya Mango, was charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court at Mwanza. On 7 May 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The Seventh Applicant, Samwel M Mtakibidya, was also charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court of Handeni, Tanga. Hewas convicted and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on 5 August 2002.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR
008/2015 – Shukrani Mango and Others v. United Republic of Tanzania
- Type of Document
- Judgement
- Keywords
- Armed Robbery
- Right to Fair Trial
- Case Headnotes
- lt emerges from the Application that the First Applicant, Shukrani Masegenya Mango, was charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court at Mwanza. On 7 May 2004 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of thirty (30) years imprisonment. The Seventh Applicant, Samwel M Mtakibidya, was also charged with the offence of armed robbery before the District Court of Handeni, Tanga. Hewas convicted and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment on 5 August 2002.
- Country
- Tanzania
- Country Geolocation
- Tanzania: 6° 22′ 9″ S, 34° 53′ 20″ E
AfCHPR