Uganda Case Law

Association Pour La Sauvegarde De La Paix Au Burundi v Tanzania and Others (Communication 157 of 1996)

Association Pour La Sauvegarde De La Paix Au Burundi v Tanzania and Others (Communication 157 of 1996) [2003] ACHPR 40 (29 May 2003)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 157 of 1996

The African Commission held that regional sanctions imposed on Burundi after the 1996 coup did not violate the African Charter, and found the respondent states not guilty.

• Economic Embargo
• State Sovereignty
• Regional Sanctions
• Human Rights Obligations
• International Intervention
• Economic-sanctions

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