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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 CasesESCRsGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

Case of policy that violates right to education of pregnant girls, against Sierra Leone

Banjul, 17/05/2018 - The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), international women's rights organisation Equality Now, and various human rights organizations in Sierra Leone have filed…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMay 17, 2018
Decided CasesFair Trial / JudiciaryLatest NewsSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

IHRDA, WARDC obtain favourable judgment against Nigeria in “Mary Sunday” domestic violence case

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMay 17, 2018
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

IHRDA, APDF obtain favourable judgment against Mali in first case before the African Court applying provisions of Maputo Protocol

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMay 11, 2018
Decided CasesDisplacement of Persons / NationalityExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceFair Trial / JudiciaryLatest NewsRight to LifeStatements / Press ReleasesTorture

IHRDA, MDT obtain favourable judgment against Guinea for case of wrongful death in State custody

  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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueApril 24, 2018
Decided CasesSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceWomen / Girls

Synopsis of the case of Dorothy Njemanze & 3 Others V. The Federal Republic of Nigeria”

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 16, 2017
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsForced EvictionSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

Kadiatou Siby v Souleymane Siby, Tribunal de Grande Instance, Commune IV, Bamako District – Mali

In June 2016, IHRDA began collaborating with Malian NGO APDF to provide legal support to Kadiatou Siby, a widow whose right to inherit her husband’s…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 16, 2017
Decided CasesExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceLatest NewsLaw EnforcementSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesTortureWomen / Girls

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

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 12, 2017
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceLatest NewsLaw EnforcementSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

Case of gender-based violence, before ECOWAS Court against Mali

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueSeptember 20, 2017
ChildrenDecided CasesDisplacement of Persons / NationalityESCRsExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceFair Trial / JudiciaryLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeTortureWomen / Girls

Questions and Answers: The Kilwa Massacre and the Landmark Decision of the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueAugust 4, 2017
Decided CasesDisplacement of Persons / NationalityExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeTorture

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

 (Banjul, The Gambia, 4 August, 2017) – The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueAugust 4, 2017
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    • Torture
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    • Others
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