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Category Archives: Ongoing Cases
IHRDA Statement on the Protective Mandate of the African Commission
51 Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, April 18-May 2 2012, Banjul, The Gambia IHRDA Statement on the Protective Mandate of the African Commission The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) welcomes … Continue reading
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Nigeria: Constitutional challenge to indigene-settler divide still awaits judgement
The Adamu Garba and 20 Ors v Federal Attorney General of Nigeria and 13 Ors constitutional case, scheduled for judgment on Friday June 3rd 2011 has been adjourned. Judgement was not delivered as scheduled because the judge did not come … Continue reading
Nigeria: Constitutional challenge to indigene-settler divide heard March 14 2011
The Adamu Garba and 20 Ors v Federal Attorney General of Nigeria and 13 Ors constitutional case was heard today 14th March 2011 at the Federal High Court in Kaduna before Hon. Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu. Arguments of both parties … Continue reading
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Tagged discrimination, indigene-settler divide, Nigeria
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Congo-Brazzaville: IHRDA and OCDH file death in custody case before African Commission
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and the Observatoire congolais des droits de l’homme (OCDH) have filed a communication before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights against the Republic of Congo. The case is … Continue reading
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DR Congo: IHRDA, ACIDH and RAID file communication before African Commission
IHRDA and its partners l’Action contre l’impunité des droits humains (ACIDH) and Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) have filed a communication before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights against the Democratic Republic of Congo. The communication, relating … Continue reading
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Nigeria: Constitutional case for hearing on 14th March 2011
The Adamu Garba and Ors v Federal Attorney General of Nigeria and Ors constitutional case will be heard on the 14th March 2011 before Hon. Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu. Adamu Garba and 20 other Nigerian citizens are suing the Federal … Continue reading
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Kenya: Nubian children in Kenya v Kenya (merits hearing) – ACERWC communication
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) will hold a hearing to receive and consider arguments on the merit of the communication ‘Nubian Children in Kenya v Kenya’ filed by IHRDA in 2009. … Continue reading
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Nigeria: Constitutional challenge to the indigene-settler dichotomy for impeding the enjoyment of fundamental human rights
19 October 2010 Twenty Nigerian citizens and a non-governmental organisation are challenging the indigene/settler dichotomy legally before the Federal High Court in Nigeria. The Federal High Court, Kaduna, presided over by Hon. Justice Mohammed Lawal Shuaibu, adjourned the case to … Continue reading
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Citizenship rights for children – Kenya
ACERWC Communication Article 6, especially sub-article 4, of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child guarantees the rights of every African child to a nationality at birth. Nubian children in Kenya are born stateless, and face … Continue reading
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Tagged ACERWC, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, children's rights, Kenya
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Housing rights in Abuja – Nigeria
Suit No. CV/437/08 Yagba Tsav & 6 others v Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority Following the creation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the movement of the Federal Capital of Nigeria … Continue reading
