Uganda Case Law

Kalijo v United Republic of Tanzania (Application 026/2017)

Kalijo v United Republic of Tanzania (Application 026/2017) [2023] AfCHPR 39 (7 November 2023)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application 026/2017

Judge

Adjei J, Anukam J, Ben Achour J, Bensaoula J, Chizumila J, Eno R, Kioko J, Mengue J, Ntsebeza J, Sacko VP, Tchikaya J

The Court held that it has material, personal, temporal, and territorial jurisdiction to hear the application because the alleged violations concern rights protected by the Charter, the application was filed before the withdrawal of Tanzania's Article 34(6) Declaration took effect, and the alleged violations are continuing and occurred within Tanzania. The Court found that the applicant exhausted local remedies by appealing to the highest court. However, the Court determined that the application was not filed within a reasonable time after exhaustion of local remedies, as over six years elaps…

Source excerpt

• Armed Robbery
• Fair Trial Rights
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Reasonable Time Requirement