capitao v tanzania communication 53 of 1990 2017 achpr 1 13 july 2017
The communication was declared inadmissible because local remedies had not been exhausted as required by article 56 of the Charter and Rule 114 of the Rules of Procedure.
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- Citation
- capitao v tanzania communication 53 of 1990 2017 achpr 1 13 july 2017
- Parties
- Applicant: Alberto T Capitao; Respondent: Tanzania
- Court
- ACHPR
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 13 July 2017
- Procedural Posture
- Communication / Final Decision
- Outcome
- inadmissible
- Legal Topics
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies, Admissibility
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Alberto T Capitao
Applicant
Tanzania
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Communication / Final Decision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether local remedies have been exhausted as required by article 56 of the African Charter
Ratio Decidendi
The communication was declared inadmissible because local remedies had not been exhausted as required by article 56 of the Charter and Rule 114 of the Rules of Procedure.
Court Disposition
inadmissible
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Undated Communication No. 53/90 AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS ALBERTO T CAPITAO v. TANZANIA DECISION Citation: Capitao v. Tanzania, Comm. 53/90, 7th ACHPR AAR Annex IX (1993-1994) Publications: IHRDA, Compilation of Decisions on Communications of the African Commission On Human and Peoples’ Rights Extracted from the Commission’s Activity Reports 1994-2001, at 353 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 346 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001); (2000) AHRLR 313 (ACHPR 1994) COMMUNICATION ON RECOVERY OF MONEY, DATED MARCH 26, 1991 FINAL DECISION [1] “The Commission decides that local remedies have not been exhausted as required by article 56 of the Charter and 114 of the Rules of Procedure and therefore declares the communication inadmissible”.