Banjul, 7 September 2018: The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) has issued a ground-breaking decision in favour of the plaintiffs in “Communication 006/Com/002/2015: Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa and Finders’ Group Initiative (on behalf of TFA, minor) v. Republic of Cameroon”. In the decision […]
Archive | Decided Cases
Please find below a list of cases/communications that have been decided either before National or African judicial bodies.
IHRDA, APDF obtain another favourable judgment against Mali in gender-based violence case before ECOWAS Court
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Banjul, 28 May 2018: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) 21 May 2018 handed-down its judgment in favour of the complainants in suit no ECW/CCJ/APP/35/17 Aminata Diantou Diane (represented by APDF & IHRDA) v Mali. The case was filed before the ECOWAS Court in September 2017 by […]
IHRDA, WARDC obtain favourable judgment against Nigeria in “Mary Sunday” domestic violence case
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Banjul, 17 May 2018: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) 17 May 2018 handed-down its judgment in favour of the complainants in suit noECW/CCJ/APP/26/15WARDC & IHRDA (on behalf of Mary Sunday) v Nigeria. The case was filed before the ECOWAS Court in August 2015 by the […]
IHRDA, APDF obtain favourable judgment against Mali in first case before the African Court applying provisions of Maputo Protocol
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Banjul, 11 May 2018: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) today 11 May 2018 handed-down its judgment in favour of the complainants in “Application 046/2016 – APDF & IHRDA v. Republic of Mali”, case alleging inconsistency of certain provisions of the Malian Persons and Family Code with provisions of the Protocol to […]
IHRDA, MDT obtain favourable judgment against Guinea for case of wrongful death in State custody
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Banjul, 24 April 2018: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) 23 April 2018 handed-down its judgment in favour of the complainants in suit no ECW/CCJ/APP/34/16 Bintou Cissé (represented by IHRDA and MDT) v Guinea. The case was filed before the ECOWAS Court in September 2016 […]
Synopsis of the case of Dorothy Njemanze & 3 Others V. The Federal Republic of Nigeria”
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Summary of the facts The women by name, Dorothy Njemanze, Edu Ene Okoro, Justina Etim and Amarachi Jessyforth were abducted and assaulted sexually, physicaly, verbally and unlawfully detained at different times between Janaury 2011 and March 2013 in the hands of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) and other government agencies, such as the police […]
ECOWAS Court makes first pronouncement on Maputo Protocol: Rules in favour of plaintiffs in case of Dorothy Njemanze & 3 Ors V Federal Republic of Nigeria
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Banjul, 12 October 2017 The ECOWAS Court today, 12 October 2017, delivered its judgment in the case between Dorothy Njemanze and 3 others v The Federal Republic of Nigeria. The case centered on the violent, cruel, inhuman, degrading and discriminatory treatment the Plaintiffs suffered at the hands of law enforcement agents in Abuja Nigeria. The […]
Case of gender-based violence, before ECOWAS Court against Mali
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20 September 2017 The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Mali-based partner Association pour le Progrès et la Défense des Droits des Femmes au Mali (APDF) have recently sued the Republic of Mali before the ECOWAS Court of Justice for failing to protect the matrimonial rights of a Malian woman. The […]
Questions and Answers: The Kilwa Massacre and the Landmark Decision of the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a landmark decision that found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for the 2004 massacre of over 70 people in Kilwa, in the southeast of the country. Amongst other collective reparations, it granted landmark compensation of US $2.5 million to the victims […]
African Commission: Landmark $2.5 Million Award to DR Congo Massacre Victims; Anvil Mining rebuked for its role in Kilwa killings; New criminal investigation ordered
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(Banjul, The Gambia, 4 August, 2017) – The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for the 2004 massacre of over 70 people in Kilwa, in the southeast of the country, and granted landmark compensation of US $2.5 million to the victims and their […]
