Uganda Case Law

Akouedenoudje v Republic of Benin (Application No. 024/2020)

Akouedenoudje v Republic of Benin (Application No. 024/2020) [2023] AfCHPR 15 (13 June 2023)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application No. 024/2020

Judge

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

The Court found that the inter-ministerial Order of 22 July 2019, which prohibits the issuance of official documents to persons wanted by judicial authorities, violates the right to presumption of innocence under Article 7(1)(b) of the Charter. The Order, issued by executive authorities without judicial basis, suggests guilt and leads the public to believe that listed individuals are guilty, thereby undermining the presumption of innocence. Furthermore, the refusal to issue documents such as certificates of nationality arbitrarily deprives individuals of the enjoyment of nationality, contrary…

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• Presumption Of Innocence
• Right To Nationality
• Judicial Review Of Administrative Acts
• Statelessness Risk
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies

Akouedenoudje v Republic of Benin (Application No. 024/2020)

Akouedenoudje v Republic of Benin (Application No. 024/2020) [2020] AfCHPR 29 (25 September 2020)

Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Application No. 024/2020

Judge

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

The African Court dismissed an application for provisional measures against a Benin inter-ministerial order, finding no real, imminent risk of irreparable harm.

• Presumption Of Innocence
• Right To Nationality
• Provisional Measures
• Jurisdiction Of Court
• Provisional-measures
• Jurisdiction

Modise v Botswana (Communication 97 of 1993)

Modise v Botswana (Communication 97 of 1993) [1993] ACHPR 6 (3 March 1993)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 97 of 1993

The African Commission found Modise’s communication inadmissible for now because he had not exhausted available local remedies in Botswana, as required by Article 56(5) of the Charter.

• Right To Nationality
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Human Rights Charter
• Exhaustion-of-local-remedies
• Right-to-nationality
• African-charter-on-human-and-peoples-rights