Uganda Case Law

Sekajja and Others v Attorney General and Others

Sekajja and Others v Attorney General and Others (Miscellaneous Cause 71 of 2021) [2024] UGHCCD 16 (19 January 2024)

Court

HC: Civil Division (Uganda)

Case number

Miscellaneous Cause 71 of 2021

Judge

Boniface Wamala, J

The Applicants and other subject persons were bona fide occupants of the suit land, having settled there since the 1970s. Their eviction by the Respondents was effected without a court order, without prompt and adequate compensation, and without provision for alternative resettlement or social amenities. This conduct violated their constitutional rights to property, fair hearing, adequate standard of living, life and livelihood, and culture. The Respondents' argument that the Applicants were mere encroachers was not supported by the evidence, which showed long-term occupation and community pr…

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• Forced Eviction
• Right To Property
• Compensation For Land
• Human Rights Enforcement
• Fair Hearing
• Adequate Standard Of Living

Muzerengwa and Others v Republic of Zimbabwe (Communication 306 of 2005)

Muzerengwa and Others v Republic of Zimbabwe (Communication 306 of 2005) [2011] ACHPR 111 (3 March 2011)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 306 of 2005

The African Commission declared a complaint inadmissible because local remedies were not exhausted. The applicants had not raised the substantive eviction claims in domestic courts.

• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Forced Eviction
• Right To Property
• Access To Justice
• Administrative Remedies
• Exhaustion-of-local-remedies