The African Court dismissed a Tanzanian applicant’s human rights claims, finding no violation of fair hearing, equal protection, or dignity and denying reparations.
The African Court found no violations in a Malawi election petition challenge and held the application admissible, dismissing reparations and ordering each party to bear its own costs.
The Court found that it had material, temporal, personal, and territorial jurisdiction to consider the Application, as the alleged violations related to rights protected by the Charter and occurred after the relevant instruments were ratified by the Respondent State. The Court dismissed the Respondent State's objections to jurisdiction. On admissibility, the Court determined that the Applicant had exhausted local remedies by appealing to the highest domestic court. However, the Application was filed six years, ten months, and twenty-two days after exhaustion of local remedies, and the Applica…
The African Court dismissed claims by former East African Community employees against Tanzania, finding no proven violations of discrimination, property, or work rights.
The African Court reopened pleadings in John Lazaro’s case against Tanzania, allowing amended pleadings and detailed reparations submissions to be filed.