Uganda Case Law

Tendo & Another v Attorney General

Tendo & Another v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition 8 of 2021) [2024] UGCC 24 (22 November 2024)

Court

Constitutional Court of Uganda

Case number

Constitutional Petition 8 of 2021

Judge

Mulyagonja, JCC, Kihika, JA /JCC, Tibulya, JA/JCC, Kazibwe, JCC, Asa Mugenyi , JA/JCC

Sections 24, 26, and 27 of the Criminal Procedure Code Act do not contravene or are inconsistent with Articles 23(1) and (4), 28(1), and 44(c) of the Constitution, nor with Article 8A and Objective XXVIII of the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 9(1) of the ICCPR, or Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The provisions are not wide or ambiguous, as they are limited by the definition of cognisable offences and are subject to procedural safeguards, including the requirement to bring detainees before a magistrate without unnecessary de…

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• Preventive Arrest
• Personal Liberty
• Police Powers
• Fair Trial Rights
• International Human Rights
• Statutory Interpretation

Johnson v Republic of Ghana (Ruling) (Application No. 016/2017)

Johnson v Republic of Ghana (Ruling) (Application No. 016/2017) [2019] AfCHPR 7 (28 March 2019)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application No. 016/2017

Judge

Aboud J, Anukam J, Ben Achour J, Bensaoula J, Chizumila J, Eno R, Kioko VP, Matusse J, Mengue J, Orè P, Tchikaya J

The African Court held it had jurisdiction over Dexter Eddie Johnson’s case but found the application inadmissible because the same issues had already been settled by the UN Human Rights Committee.

• Right To Life
• Mandatory Death Penalty
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Admissibility Of Applications
• Non Bis In Idem
• International Human Rights

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre v Republic of Sudan (Communication 310 of 2005)

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre v Republic of Sudan (Communication 310 of 2005) [2009] ACHPR 104 (25 November 2009)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 310 of 2005

The African Commission held the communication inadmissible because the complainants had not exhausted local remedies in Sudan and filed too late after the final domestic judgment.

• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Admissibility Requirements
• Compensation Claims
• Judicial Independence
• Delay In Filing
• International Human Rights

Alphonse v DRC (Communication 15 of 1988)

Alphonse v DRC (Communication 15 of 1988) [1988] ACHPR 1 (8 October 1988)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 15 of 1988

The African Commission held that a false-imprisonment communication was inadmissible because the matter had already been referred to the Human Rights Committee.

• False Imprisonment
• Admissibility Requirements
• International Human Rights
• Prior International Proceedings
• International-human-rights
• Admissibility