Uganda Case Law

Collectif des Anciens Travailleurs du Laboratoire ALS v Republic of Mali (Application No. 042/2016)

Collectif des Anciens Travailleurs du Laboratoire ALS v Republic of Mali (Application No. 042/2016) [2019] AfCHPR 8 (28 March 2019)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application No. 042/2016

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 Court found that the Applicants, as a group of individuals, have legal standing to file the Application, given Mali’s deposit of the Article 34(6) Declaration. However, the Application was declared inadmissible because the Applicants failed to exhaust available local remedies. Specifically, they did not pursue an appeal to the investigating judge or file a civil suit as provided under Mali’s Code of Criminal Procedure, which the Court has previously recognized as effective and satisfactory remedies. The Applicants’ argument that local remedies were unduly prolonged was rejected, as they d…

Source excerpt

• Occupational Health And Safety
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Group Applicant Standing
• Right To Health
• Right To Fair Trial