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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
- 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 470/14 Ibrahim Almaz Deng & 6 Ors (represented by Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) v. Sudan
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality
- Insurrection
- Militia operations / Armed conflicts
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Terrorism
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Transitional Justice
- Country
- Sudan
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- ACHPR 4: Right to Life and Integrity
- ACHPR 5: Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment
- 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
- Sudan: 12° 51′ 46″ N, 30° 13′ 3″ E
- Date added
- Sep 4, 2023
ACHPR Decision
001/2020 – APDF & IHRDA (on behalf of AS) v. Mali
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- Best Interest of the Child
- Child Abuse/Exploitation
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Rape
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Women's Rights
- State Accused
- Mali
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Dec 1, 2022
- Rights Violated (ACRWC Provisions)
- ACRWC 1: Obligation of States Parties
- ACRWC 16: Protection against child abuse and torture
- 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 added
- Jun 21, 2023
ACERWC Decision
001/2019 – Legal and Human Rights Centre and Centre for Reproductive Rights (on behalf of Tanzanian girls) v. Tanzania
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- 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 added
- Mar 7, 2023
ACERWC Decision
ECW/CCJ/JUD/01/21 - ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development VS Cross River State
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- Reparations / Remedies
- Review
- Revision of Judgment
- Country
- Nigeria
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Year Decided
- Feb 5, 2021
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Sep 6, 2021
ECOWAS Court
705/18 - Emil Touray & Saikou Jammeh (represented by IHRDA and Sagar Jahateh) v. The Gambia
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- Application Withdrawn
- Country
- Gambia
- Country Geolocation
- Gambia: 13° 26′ 35″ N, 15° 18′ 37″ W
- Date added
- Sep 2, 2021
ACHPR Decision
637/16 and 639/16 Mr. Mohammed Abdel Hay Faramawy and 2 Ors (Represented by Dr. Abdel Hay Faramawy and 4 Ors) v Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Human Rights Violations
- Personal Liberty
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Country
- Egypt
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Sep 2, 2021
ACHPR Decision
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
569/15 Digbeejaye Koonjul v The Republic of Mauritius
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Murder/Assassination
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Mauritius
- Country Geolocation
- Mauritius: 20° 20′ 54″ S, 57° 33′ 8″ E
- Date added
- Sep 1, 2021
ACHPR Decision
736/20 Lado James Paul, Ayume Dada & others (Represented by John Gerry Emmanuel) v The Republic of South Sudan
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- Keywords
- Abuse of Presidential Powers
- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Freedom of Opinion
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- South Africa
- Country Geolocation
- South Africa: 30° 33′ 34″ S, 22° 56′ 15″ E
- Date added
- May 31, 2021
ACHPR Decision
742/20 African Freedom of Expression Exchange & 15 Others (Represented by FOI Attorneys) v Algeria & 27 Others
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- Civil and Political Rights
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Right to Information
- Right to Work
- Country
- Algeria
- Country Geolocation
- Algeria: 28° 2′ 2″ N, 1° 39′ 35″ E
- Date added
- May 31, 2021
ACHPR Decision
623/16 Miles Investments & 2 Others v. Republic of Sierra Leone
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- Equality Before the Law
- Land Rights
- Right to Property
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Country Geolocation
- Sierra Leone: 8° 27′ 38″ N, 11° 46′ 48″ W
- Date added
- May 31, 2021
ACHPR Decision
426/12 Agnes Uwimana-Nkusi & Saidati Mukakibibi v. Rwanda
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Civil and Political Rights
- False Imprisonment
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Jurisdiction
- Personal Liberty
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Work
- Workers' Rights
- Country
- Rwanda
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- Country Geolocation
- Rwanda: 1° 56′ 25″ S, 29° 52′ 26″ E
- Date added
- May 27, 2021
ACHPR Decision
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
398/11 IHRDA & OCDH v Congo
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- Administration of Justice
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Death in custody
- Extra-Judicial Killings
- Murder/Assassination
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Congo
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 1: General Obligations
- 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
- ACHPR 7.1.d: Right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial Court
- Country Geolocation
- Republic of the Congo: 0° 13′ 41″ S, 15° 49′ 40″ E
- Date added
- May 19, 2021
ACHPR Decision
Communication 307/07 - Mr. Obert Chinhamo v Zimbabwe
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- Freedom of Movement
- Right to Dignity
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Country Geolocation
- Zimbabwe: 19° 0′ 56″ S, 29° 9′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Mar 4, 2021
AfCHPR Decision
Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Burkina Faso
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- 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 added
- Mar 3, 2021
AfCHPR Decision
ECW/CCJ/APP/05/06 - Moussa Leo Keita v. Republic of Mali
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- Country
- Mali
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- Mar 22, 2007
- Country Geolocation
- Mali: 17° 34′ 14″ N, 3° 59′ 46″ W
- Date added
- Feb 2, 2021
ECOWAS Court
ECW/CCJ/APP/01/04 - Chief Frank Ukor v. Rachad Laleye and Alinnor
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- Decision
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- May 27, 2005
- Date added
- Feb 2, 2021
ECOWAS Court
211/98 Legal Resources Foundation v. Zambia
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- Decision
- Keywords
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Participation in Government
- Country
- Zambia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 13: Right to Participate in Government
- ACHPR 2: Freedom from Discrimination
- ACHPR 3.1: Equality before the law
- Country Geolocation
- Zambia: 13° 8′ 2″ S, 27° 50′ 58″ E
- Date added
- Nov 18, 2020
ACHPR Decision
341/2007 Equality Now and Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association v Federal Republic of Ethiopia
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- Child Marriage
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Kidnapping/Sequestration
- Personal Liberty
- Rape
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- 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
- ACHPR 7.1.a: Right to Sue for Remedy before a Competent Tribunal
- Country Geolocation
- Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
- Date added
- Nov 16, 2020
ACHPR Decision
Communication 670/17 Fadhl Al Mawla Husni Ahmed Ismail and 19 Ors (represented by Freedom and Justice Party of Egypt) v Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Admissibility
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Egypt
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Nov 4, 2020
ACHPR Decision
App. No. 008/2011 – Ekollo M. Alexandre v. Republic of Cameroon and Federal Republic of Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- AfCHPR Manifest Lack of Jurisdiction
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality Before the Law
- Participation in Government
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Fair Trial
- Country
- Cameroon
- Nigeria
- Country Geolocation
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Jun 1, 2020
AfCHPR Decision
001/2016 - Dalia Lotfy (on behalf Ahmed Bassiouny) v Egypt
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Best Interest of the Child
- Rights and Welfare of the Child
- State Accused
- Egypt
- Outcome
- Ruled Inadmissible
- Year Decided
- May 31, 2017
- Date added
- Sep 24, 2019
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 added
- Sep 24, 2019
ACERWC Decision
603/16 Mrs. Ayatulla Alaa Hosny (represented by Dalia Lotfy) v. Arab Republic of Egypt
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Personal Liberty
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Torture and Ill Treatment
- Country
- Egypt
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Aug 5, 2019
ACHPR Decision
658/17 - Shareen Said Hamd Bakhet v. Arab Repiublic of Egypt
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- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Best Interest of the Child
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Personal Liberty
- Provisional/interim measures
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Life
- Women's Rights
- Country
- Egypt
- Country Geolocation
- Egypt: 26° 49′ 14″ N, 30° 48′ 9″ E
- Date added
- Jul 9, 2019
ACHPR Decision
445/13 Human Rights Council and Others v. Ethiopia
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Competence of the Court
- Domestic/National Laws
- Economic, Social and Cultural Development
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Freedom of Opinion
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Interpretation of Judgement
- Jurisdiction
- Provisional/interim measures
- Regional Human Rights Laws
- Review
- Revision of Judgment
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Information
- Right to Property
- Right to Work
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Ethiopia: 9° 8′ 42″ N, 40° 29′ 23″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
427/12 - SERAP (on behalf of Daniel Nsofor & Osayinwinde Agbomien) v Nigeria
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Competence of the Court
- Cruel and Degrading Treatment
- Damages and Compensation
- Death Sentence
- Detention Facilities/Conditions
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom from Discrimination
- Functioning and Independence of the Judiciary
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Massive Human Rights Violations
- Personal Liberty
- Right to a General Satisfactory Environment
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Dignity
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Health
- Right to Life
- Country
- Nigeria
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- None Indicated
- Country Geolocation
- Nigeria: 9° 4′ 55″ N, 8° 40′ 31″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision
416/12 –Jean-Marie Atangana Mebara v Cameroon
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- Type of Document
- Decision
- Keywords
- Administration of Justice
- Admissibility
- Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
- Competence of the Court
- Complicity in Crime
- Damages and Compensation
- Due Diligence
- Fraud
- Implementation of Decisions
- Inadequate/Inappropriate Legal Provisions
- Jurisdiction
- Mismanagement of Public Resources
- Personal Liberty
- Personal security
- Reparations / Remedies
- Right to be Heard before a Competent Court
- Right to Fair Trial
- Right to Information
- Theft
- Country
- Cameroon
- Rights Violated (ACHPR Provisions)
- 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
- Cameroon: 7° 22′ 11″ N, 12° 21′ 17″ E
- Date added
- Apr 17, 2019
ACHPR Decision