Tanzania Case Law

kalonge c republique unie de tanzanie requete n 0242018 2024 afchpr 28 13 novembre 2024

Court

TANZLII

The mandatory imposition of the death penalty under Tanzanian law deprived the applicant of judicial discretion and violated the right to life under Article 4 of the African Charter; execution by hanging violates the right to dignity under Article 5; no violation found regarding fair trial, family, or free movement rights as the conviction was based on sufficient evidence and proper procedure.

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• Right to life
• Right to dignity
• Death penalty
• Fair trial
• Mandatory sentencing
• Right to family

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wakabi v attorney general of the united republic of tanzania reference no 14 of 2019 2023 eacj 18 29 november 2023

Court

EACJ

The East African Court of Justice dismissed a reference for procedural non-compliance, holding it was improperly filed without mandatory documentary evidence.

• Jurisdiction and admissibility
• Right to free movement
• Due process
• Procedural compliance
• Prohibited immigrant status
• Eacj-procedure

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ntaka v lesotho communication 33 of 1989 1988 achpr 18 26 october 1988

Court

ACHPR

The African Commission declared a communication by Simon B. Ntaka against Lesotho inadmissible because Lesotho was not a party to the African Charter.

• Right to free movement
• Admissibility of communication
• Human-rights-law
• Admissibility-of-communication
• Freedom-of-movement

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