Uganda Case Law

Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia (Communication 299 of 2005)

Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia (Communication 299 of 2005) [2006] ACHPR 69 (25 May 2006)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 299 of 2005

The African Commission found that the applicant did not exhaust local remedies as required by Article 56(5) of the African Charter. The Commission determined that the applicant's apprehensions regarding the independence and effectiveness of the Ethiopian judiciary were not substantiated by concrete evidence, and mere doubts or past incidents do not suffice to dispense with the exhaustion requirement. The respondent State demonstrated that cases related to the Gambella incident were pending before domestic courts, and the applicant did not attempt to pursue these remedies or show that they wer…

Source excerpt

• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Admissibility Of Communications
• Mass Human Rights Violations
• Right To Fair Trial
• State Obligations Under Charter

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Democratic Republic of Congo v Burundi and Others (Communication 227 of 1999)

Democratic Republic of Congo v Burundi and Others (Communication 227 of 1999) [2003] ACHPR 41 (29 May 2003)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 227 of 1999

The African Commission found Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda in violation of multiple African Charter rights for armed intervention, occupation, abuses, and looting in eastern DRC.

• State Aggression
• Territorial Integrity
• Mass Human Rights Violations
• Illegal Exploitation Of Natural Resources
• War Crimes
• Right To Self Determination

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