Diakite v Gabon (Communication 73 of 1992) [2000] ACHPR 20 (11 May 2000)

The communication was declared inadmissible because the complainant failed to exhaust available local remedies in Gabon before bringing the matter to the Commission.

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Citation: [2000] ACHPR 20
Parties: Complainant: Mohammed Lamine Diakité; Respondent: Gabon
Court: African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
Jurisdiction: Ghana
Judgment Date: 11 May 2000
Case Number: Communication 73 of 1992
Procedural Posture: Communication / Admissibility Decision
Outcome: inadmissible
Legal Topics: Expulsion of Aliens, Exhaustion of Local Remedies, Right to Family, Right to Property
Source Language: english

Human Rights Administrative Law Expulsion of Aliens Exhaustion of Local Remedies Right to Family Right to Property

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Parties

Mohammed Lamine Diakité

Complainant

Gabon

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Communication / Admissibility Decision

Legal Issues

1 Whether the complainant exhausted local remedies before approaching the Commission
2 Whether the expulsion violated rights under Articles 12(4), 14, and 18(1) and (2) of the African Charter

Ratio Decidendi

The communication was declared inadmissible because the complainant failed to exhaust available local remedies in Gabon before bringing the matter to the Commission.

Court Disposition

inadmissible

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