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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.

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
October 12, 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
August 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
August 4, 2017