nyerere c republique unie de tanzanie requete n 0232018 2023 afchpr 24 13 novembre 2023
The Court found that the mandatory imposition of the death penalty under Tanzanian law violates the right to life (Article 4) and the method of execution by hanging violates the right to dignity (Article 5) of the African Charter. The Court rejected the applicant's claims of torture and unfair trial, finding no manifest error in the domestic courts' evaluation of evidence. The Court ordered the respondent State to annul the applicant's death sentence, remove him from death row, amend its laws to abolish the mandatory death penalty and hanging as a method of execution, and awarded moral damage…
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- Right to life
- Right to dignity
- Death penalty
- Torture
- Fair trial
- Obligatory sentencing