Uganda Case Law

Noudehouenou v Burkina Faso (Application No. 010/2021)

Noudehouenou v Burkina Faso (Application No. 010/2021) [2023] AfCHPR 5 (30 March 2023)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application No. 010/2021

Judge

Aboud P, Anukam J, Bensaoula J, Kioko J, Mengue J, Ntsebeza J, Tchikaya VP

The Court found that Reckya Madougou had issued a mandate ad litem to the main applicant, Houngue Éric Noudehouenou, who was already defending her interests in the principal proceedings. The rights alleged by the Requestor in her intervention request were the same as those raised in the main application. The entitlement to intervene is reserved for persons whose interests are not represented in the main case. Since Madougou's interests were already being defended, she could not simultaneously intervene as a third party. The Court therefore deemed it unnecessary to examine the requirements for…

Source excerpt

• Intervention
• Admissibility Of Application
• Locus Standi
• Third Party Rights

Union Trade Center Limited v A.G. of Republic of Rwanda and Ors. (Application 9 of 2014)

Union Trade Center Limited v A.G. of Republic of Rwanda and Ors. (Application 9 of 2014) [2017] EACJ 16 (29 March 2017) (First Instance Division)

Court

East African Court of Justice

Case number

Application 9 of 2014

Judge

Mugenyi JA

The Court struck out an intervention application for failure to meet mandatory Rule 36 requirements and for lack of authority under the powers of attorney.

• Intervention In Reference
• Powers Of Attorney
• Mandatory Procedural Requirements
• Intervention
• Powers-of-attorney
• Civil-procedure