civil liberties organization v nigeria communication no 0451990 1990 achpr 9 4 october 1990
The communication is inadmissible because the applicant failed to exhaust local remedies as required by Article 55 of the Charter and Rule 114 of the Rules of Procedure.
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- Citation
- civil liberties organization v nigeria communication no 0451990 1990 achpr 9 4 october 1990
- Parties
- Applicant: Civil Liberties Organization; Respondent: Nigeria
- Court
- ACHPR
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 4 October 1990
- Procedural Posture
- Communication / Admissibility
- Outcome
- inadmissible
- Legal Topics
- Exhaustion of Local Remedies, Admissibility, Eviction
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Civil Liberties Organization
Applicant
Nigeria
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Communication / Admissibility
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether local remedies were exhausted as required by Article 55 of the African Charter and Rule 114 of the Rules of Procedure
Ratio Decidendi
The communication is inadmissible because the applicant failed to exhaust local remedies as required by Article 55 of the Charter and Rule 114 of the Rules of Procedure.
Court Disposition
inadmissible
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Undated Communication No. 45/90 AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION v. NIGERIA DECISION Citation: Civil Liberties Org. v Nig., Comm. 45/90, 7th ACHPR AAR Annex IX (19931994) 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 192 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 345 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001; (2000) AHRLR 178 (ACHPR 1994) COMMUNICATION ON WRONGFUL EVICTION OF INHABITANTS DATED 4 OCTOBER 1990. FINAL DECISION [1] "The Commission decides that local remedies have not been exhausted as required by Article 55 of the Charter and 114 of the Rules of Procedure and declares the communication inadmissible."