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Constitutional Law [2025] UGHC 474

Nduhukire Nasser alias Don Nasser v Attorney General

Nduhukire Nasser alias Don Nasser v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Application No. 8 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 474 (30 June 2025)

The High Court held it lacked territorial jurisdiction over alleged abduction and torture in Kenya, found no proof of unlawful rendition, and dismissed the application with costs.

  • Extradition Procedure
  • Personal Liberty
  • Torture And Inhuman Treatment
  • Jurisdiction Of High Court
  • Burden Of Proof
  • Human Rights Enforcement
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Criminal Law [2024] AfCHPR 1

Chanthunya v Republic of Malawi (Application No. 001/2022)

Chanthunya v Republic of Malawi (Application No. 001/2022) [2024] AfCHPR 1 (24 January 2024)

The African Court dismissed a request for provisional measures seeking a stay of sentences in a fair-trial case, holding that the relief would prejudge the merits.

  • Extradition Procedure
  • Fair Trial Rights
  • Admissibility Of Evidence
  • Judicial Review
  • Provisional Measures
  • Provisional-measures
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Civil Procedure [2020] UGHCCD 77

Likhari v Attorney General

Likhari v Attorney General (MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 3 OF 2020) [2020] UGHCCD 77 (7 February 2020)

The court held that the enforcement of a foreign judgment in Uganda is governed by the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, which requires that such a judgment be registered in the High Court before any execution can be carried out. In this case, the judgment and decree from the Juba County Court in South Sudan were not registered in Uganda, and there was no evidence of compliance with the statutory requirements. Consequently, the actions of Interpol and the Uganda Police in arresting the applicant and placing him on police bond based on an unregistered foreign judgment were unlawf…

  • Foreign Judgment Enforcement
  • Extradition Procedure
  • Reciprocal Enforcement
  • Registration Of Foreign Judgments
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