international lawyers committee for family reunification v ethiopia communication 9 of 1988 1988 achpr 14 26 october 1988
The communication is inadmissible because Ethiopia is not a party to the African Charter.
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- Citation
- international lawyers committee for family reunification v ethiopia communication 9 of 1988 1988 achpr 14 26 october 1988
- Parties
- Applicant: International Lawyers Committee for Family Reunification; Respondent: Ethiopia
- Court
- ACHPR
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 26 October 1988
- Procedural Posture
- Communication / Preliminary Inadmissibility
- Outcome
- communication inadmissible
- Legal Topics
- False Imprisonment, Torture, Admissibility of Communication
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
International Lawyers Committee for Family Reunification
Applicant
Ethiopia
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Communication / Preliminary Inadmissibility
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the communication is admissible against a State not party to the African Charter
Ratio Decidendi
The communication is inadmissible because Ethiopia is not a party to the African Charter.
Court Disposition
communication inadmissible
Orders
- communication declared inadmissible
Full Case Text
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17-26 October 1988 Communication No. 9/88 AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS Fourth Ordinary Session 17-26 October 1988 INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION v. ETHIOPIA DECISION Citation: Int’l Lawyers Comm. for Family Reunification v. Eth., Comm. 9/88, 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 95 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 339 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001) COMMUNICATION ON ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT OF PERSONS AND TORTURE, DATED APRIL 14 1988 [1] “The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, established under article 30 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; [2] Meeting at its fourth ordinary session from 17 to 26 October 1988; [3] Considering that the communication is directed against a State which is not a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; [4] Declares the communication inadmissible” (Article 101 of the Rules of Procedure).