ayants droit de feus norbert zongo abdoulaye ntkiema dit ablasse ernest zongo et blaise ilboudo le mouvement burkinabe des droits de lhomme et des peuples c burki

ayants droit de feus norbert zongo abdoulaye ntkiema dit ablasse ernest zongo et blaise ilboudo le mouvement burkinabe des droits de lhomme et des peuples c burki

The Court lacks temporal jurisdiction over the alleged violation of the right to life arising from the 1998 assassinations, as these acts predate the Protocol's entry into force for Burkina Faso. However, the Court has temporal jurisdiction over alleged continuing violations relating to the right to a fair hearing...

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Citation
ayants droit de feus norbert zongo abdoulaye ntkiema dit ablasse ernest zongo et blaise ilboudo le mouvement burkinabe des droits de lhomme et des peuples c burki
Parties
Applicant: Ayants droit de feus Norbert Zongo, Abdoulaye Nikiema dit Ablasse, Ernest Zongo et Blaise Ilboudo & Le Mouvement Burkinabé des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples; Respondent: Burkina Faso
Court
TANZLII
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
1 January 2013
Procedural Posture
Human Rights Application / Preliminary Objections Ruling
Outcome
Preliminary objections partially upheld and partially dismissed; case proceeds to merits on certain issues.
Legal Topics
Right to Life, Right to a Fair Trial, Freedom of Expression, Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies, Temporal Jurisdiction, Reasonable Time for Filing
Source Language
en
Human Rights Law International Law Right to Life Right to a Fair Trial Freedom of Expression Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies Temporal Jurisdiction Reasonable Time for Filing

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Parties

Ayants droit de feus Norbert Zongo, Abdoulaye Nikiema dit Ablasse, Ernest Zongo et Blaise Ilboudo & Le Mouvement Burkinabé des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples

Applicant

Burkina Faso

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Human Rights Application / Preliminary Objections Ruling

  1. 1 Whether the Court has temporal jurisdiction over alleged violations predating the Protocol's entry into force
  2. 2 Whether the applicants exhausted domestic remedies
  3. 3 Whether the application was filed within a reasonable time

Ratio Decidendi

The Court lacks temporal jurisdiction over the alleged violation of the right to life arising from the 1998 assassinations, as these acts predate the Protocol's entry into force for Burkina Faso. However, the Court has temporal jurisdiction over alleged continuing violations relating to the right to a fair hearing and related rights, to the extent these are directly linked to the failure to investigate and prosecute after the Protocol's entry into force. The objection on non-exhaustion of domestic remedies is not exclusively preliminary and is joined to the merits. The application was filed within a reasonable time, considering the Court's operational timeline.

Court Disposition

Preliminary objections partially upheld and partially dismissed; case proceeds to merits on certain issues.

Orders

  • Court upholds lack of temporal jurisdiction over the right to life violation from the 1998 assassinations.
  • Court rejects temporal jurisdiction objection regarding the right to a fair hearing and related rights, to the extent they are linked to post-Protocol conduct.