Uganda Case Law

Fadhl Al Mawla Husni Ahmed Ismail and 19 Others (represented by Freedom and Justice Party of Egypt) v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 670 of 2017)

Fadhl Al Mawla Husni Ahmed Ismail and 19 Others (represented by Freedom and Justice Party of Egypt) v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 670 of 2017) [2020] ACHPR 1 (9 September 2020)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 670 of 2017

The African Commission held that the communication was inadmissible because the Freedom and Justice Party lacked locus standi after dissolution.

• Death Penalty
• Fair Trial Rights
• Torture And Ill Treatment
• Locus Standi
• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Locus-standi

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Ayatulla Alaa Hosny (represented by Dalia Lotfy) v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 603 of 2016)

Ayatulla Alaa Hosny (represented by Dalia Lotfy) v Arab Republic of Egypt (Communication 603 of 2016) [2018] ACHPR 3 (8 August 2018)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 603 of 2016

The African Commission granted withdrawal and closed a communication alleging arbitrary detention, torture, and unfair trial violations in Egypt.

• Arbitrary Detention
• Torture And Ill Treatment
• Right To Fair Trial
• Freedom Of Expression
• Arbitrary-detention
• Torture-and-ill-treatment

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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

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Institute For Human Rights and Development v Democratic Republic of Congo (Communication 238 of 2001)

Institute For Human Rights and Development v Democratic Republic of Congo (Communication 238 of 2001) [2002] ACHPR 35 (16 May 2002)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 238 of 2001

The African Commission took note of the complainant’s withdrawal of a communication alleging unlawful detention and abuse, and closed the file without reaching the merits.

• Arbitrary Detention
• Torture And Ill Treatment
• Right To Fair Trial
• Freedom Of Expression
• Freedom Of Association
• Human-rights

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