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Human rights law damian v united republic of tanzania application no 0482016 2024 afchpr 8 4 june 2024

damian v united republic of tanzania application no 0482016 2024 afchpr 8 4 june 2024

The African Court held that Tanzania’s mandatory death penalty violated the rights to life and dignity, but rejected the Applicant’s fair trial claims.

  • Right to life
  • Death penalty
  • Right to dignity
  • Right to fair trial
  • Mandatory sentencing
  • Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Human rights law keita and others v republic of mali application 0052019 2023 afchpr 31 5 september 2023

keita and others v republic of mali application 0052019 2023 afchpr 31 5 september 2023

The African Court held that Mali did not violate former workers’ rights to fair hearing, equality, non-discrimination, impartial tribunal, or judicial independence.

  • Right to non-discrimination
  • Right to equality before the law
  • Right to equal protection of the law
  • Right to a fair hearing
  • Right to be tried within a reasonable time
  • Judicial independence
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Human rights law koutche v republic of benin application no 0132020 2022 afchpr 28 22 september 2022

koutche v republic of benin application no 0132020 2022 afchpr 28 22 september 2022

The African Court held that Komi Koutché’s application against Benin was inadmissible for failure to exhaust local remedies, while confirming its jurisdiction.

  • Right to fair trial
  • Presumption of innocence
  • Right to defence
  • Impartial tribunal
  • Judicial independence
  • Exhaustion of local remedies
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Human rights juma v united republic of tanzania 2021 afchpr 17 30 september 2021

juma v united republic of tanzania 2021 afchpr 17 30 september 2021

The African Court held that Tanzania’s mandatory death penalty violated the rights to life and dignity and ordered resentencing and law reform.

  • Right to fair trial
  • Right to life
  • Death penalty
  • Right to dignity
  • Mandatory sentencing
  • Legal representation
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Constitutional law xyz v benin application 10 of 2020 2020 afchpr 3 27 november 2020

xyz v benin application 10 of 2020 2020 afchpr 3 27 november 2020

The African Court held that Benin violated judicial independence, national consensus, information, development, and peace rights in adopting constitutional revision law.

  • Judicial independence
  • Impartial tribunal
  • National consensus
  • Right to information
  • Right to development
  • Right to peace and security
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Human rights law goornah v republic of mauritius communication 596 of 2016 2018 achpr 134 28 april 2018

goornah v republic of mauritius communication 596 of 2016 2018 achpr 134 28 april 2018

The African Commission held that the complaint was inadmissible because it was filed too late after local remedies were exhausted.

  • Right to fair trial
  • Exhaustion of local remedies
  • Admissibility of communications
  • Judicial independence
  • Impartial tribunal
  • Admissibility-of-communications
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Human rights law constitutional rights project v nigeria communication 87 of 1993 1995 achpr 6 22 march 1995

constitutional rights project v nigeria communication 87 of 1993 1995 achpr 6 22 march 1995

The African Commission found Nigeria in violation of fair-trial rights after special tribunal proceedings denied appeal, counsel, and an impartial tribunal.

  • Right to fair trial
  • Right to appeal
  • Impartial tribunal
  • Right to counsel
  • Death penalty
  • Fair-trial-rights
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