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Decided Cases

Please find below a list of cases/communications that have been decided either before National or African judicial bodies.

ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsFair Trial / JudiciaryHuman Trafficking / SlaveryImplementation of DecisionsLatest NewsStatements / Press ReleasesTortureWomen / Girls

Niger begins implementing ECOWAS Court decision in F.M. slavery case, pays reparation worth 30 Million FCFA

Banjul, 25 October 2021: The Republic of Niger has paid reparation worth 30 Million FCFA (about USD 53,000) to a slavery victim, identified here as…
Bessem Ayuk
Bessem AyukOctober 28, 2021
Decided CasesExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceImplementation of DecisionsLandmark CasesLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeStatements / Press Releases

IHRDA, Partners Urge DRC to implement ACHPR decision on Kilwa Massacre case, compensate victims

Banjul, 29 June 2021: IHRDA, RAID, AFREWATCH and ACIDH call on President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to urgently rectify the…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueJune 29, 2021
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsFair Trial / JudiciaryHuman Trafficking / SlaveryLatest NewsStatements / Press ReleasesTortureWomen / Girls

ECOWAS Court condemns Niger for failing to protect woman, her children from slavery, awards victims USD 114,000 for damages

Banjul, 24 June 2021: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) has today 24 June 2021 handed-down…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueJune 24, 2021
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsFair Trial / JudiciaryLatest NewsSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesTortureWomen / Girls

ECOWAS Court finds Mali in violation of widow’s right to dignity, awards victim USD 181,000 for damages

Banjul, 22 June 2021: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) has today 22 June 2021 handed-down…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueJune 22, 2021
Decided CasesExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceLatest NewsLaw EnforcementRight to LifeStatements / Press ReleasesTorture

Guy Yambo death in custody case: African Commission declares Congo responsible, orders Congo to compensate victim’s family & adopt measures to improve prison conditions

Banjul, 19 May 2021: The ACHPR has found Republic of Congo responsible for the death of Guy Yambo, a Congolese man who died in police…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMay 24, 2021
ChildrenDecided CasesDisplacement of Persons / NationalityESCRsLandmark Cases

Update on 002/09 Nubian Children in Kenya v Kenya: IHRDA & OSJI meet with Nubian Community in Kibera, Kenya

A joint IHRDA/OSJI team met with representatives of the Nubian Community in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya on 28 May 2011 to share the successful outcome of…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMarch 24, 2021
Decided CasesImplementation of DecisionsLatest NewsSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

ACERWC holds hearing on implementation of decision in TFA rape case against Cameroon

Banjul, 23 March 2021: The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) has today 23 March 2021 held a…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMarch 23, 2021
Decided CasesDisplacement of Persons / NationalityESCRs

Communications 54/91 Malawi African Association/Mauritania; 61/91 Amnesty International/Mauritania; 98/93 Ms. Sarr Diop, Union Interafricaine des Droits de l’Homme and RADDHO/Mauritania; 164/97 & 196/97 Collectif des Veuves et Ayants-droit/Mauritania; 210/98 Association Mauritanienne des Droits de l’Homme/Mauritania

Close to 100,000 black Mauritanians were forcibly expelled to Senegal and Mali by the then Mauritanian Government, after being stripped of proof of their citizenship.…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMarch 19, 2021
Decided CasesExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeTorture

Communication 393/10: IHRDA, ACIDH and RAID v DR Congo communication filed before the African Commission

Brief Facts On the night of 14 October 2004, a group of 6 to 7 poorly armed and organised individuals attacked the little south eastern…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMarch 19, 2021
Decided CasesExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeStatements / Press Releases

Gambia Supreme Court rules in favour of IHRDA’s Amicus Curiae in Yankuba Touray case

Banjul, 27 Jan. 2021: IHRDA and a team of Gambian lawyers have today 27 January 2021 obtained a favorable decision from the Gambia Supreme Court…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueFebruary 8, 2021
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