The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) have sued the Nigerian government at…
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Four Nigerian women who sued the Abuja Environment Protection Board (AEPB), the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army and other government security agencies working for AEPB…
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Submitted under Activity Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa By Alliances for Africa (AfA), Institute for Human Rights in…
adminFebruary 12, 2014
In March, 2013 the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) reported the tragic rape of more than 100 women including girl…
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Brief Facts The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) filed communication 247/02 (on behalf of Jean Simbarakiya) against DRC before the African Commission…
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Brief facts In 1983 Force de Liberation Africaine de Mauritanie (FLAM) requested to have a discourse with the government and to raise their concerns about…
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Brief facts Following the creation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the movement of the Federal Capital of Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja, the…
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Brief Facts The Communication was filed on behalf of Capital Radio (Private) Limited (CRPL) an independent electronic broadcasting company in Zimbabwe. The Complainants alleged that…
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Brief Facts Guy Marcellin Yambo, aged 37, went missing on 11 January 2007. On 23 January, after a fruitless search, the family was summoned to…
adminSeptember 30, 2013