Uganda Case Law

Baguian v Burkina Faso (Application No. 014/2019)

Baguian v Burkina Faso (Application No. 014/2019) [2022] AfCHPR 20 (22 September 2022)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application No. 014/2019

Judge

Aboud P, Adjei J, Anukam J, Bensaoula J, Chizumila J, Kioko J, Mengue J, Ntsebeza J, Sacko J, Tchikaya VP

The Court found that although it had jurisdiction over the matter, the application was inadmissible because the applicant had not exhausted local remedies as required by Article 56(5) of the Charter and Rule 50(2)(e) of the Rules of Court. The applicant's cassation appeal was still pending before the domestic courts at the time of filing the application, and there was no evidence that the proceedings were unduly prolonged. Since the exhaustion of local remedies is a mandatory and cumulative admissibility requirement, the failure to satisfy this condition rendered the entire application inadmi…

Source excerpt

• Right To Fair Trial
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Admissibility Of Applications
• Right To Effective Remedy
• Right To Dignity Of Prisoners