Uganda Case Law

Ibrahim v Sudan (Communication 386/10)

Ibrahim v Sudan (Communication 386/10) [2013] ACHPR 121 (25 February 2013)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 386/10

The Commission found that, although the applicant had constructively exhausted local remedies due to the unavailability, ineffectiveness, and inadequacy of judicial remedies in Sudan—caused by emergency decrees, statutory limitations, and immunity provisions—the communication was ultimately inadmissible because it was not submitted within a reasonable period as required by Article 56(6) of the African Charter. The Commission determined that the fifteen-month delay between the final domestic decision (Constitutional Court ruling communicated in January 2009) and the submission of the communica…

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• Admissibility Requirements
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• State Immunity
• Statute Of Limitations
• Torture And Ill Treatment
• Access To Justice

Attorney General v Ostraco Limited

Attorney General v Ostraco Limited (Civil Appeal 32 of 2002) [2005] UGCA 84 (30 June 2005)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Civil Appeal 32 of 2002

Judge

Mpagi-Bahigeine, JA, Kitumba, JA, Kavuma, JA

The Court of Appeal held that a judge may construe existing law to conform with the Constitution under article 273, and dismissed the Attorney General’s appeal.

• Modification Of Existing Law
• Government Liability
• Eviction Orders
• Property Rights
• Judicial Powers
• State Immunity