African Human Rights Law Reports 2010

Peoples' Rights, University Of Pretoria, Centre For Human Rights, The African Commission On Human

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The African Human Rights Law Reports include cases decided by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, subregional courts in Africa and domestic judgments from different African countries. The Reports are a joint publication of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. PULP also publishes the French version of these Reports, Recueil Africain des Décisions des Droits Humains.The Reports, as well as other material of relevance to human rights law in Africa, may be found on the website of the Centre for Human Rights at www.chr.up.ac.za. Hard copies of the Reports can be obtained from the Centre for Human Rights.Editorial changes have been kept to a minimum, and are confined to changes that are required to ensure consistency in style (with regard to abbreviations, capitalisation, punctuation and quotes) and to avoid obvious errors related to presentation.

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• Publié par: PULP (Pretoria University Law Press)
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English

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AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REPORTS 2010

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African Human Rights Law Reports 2010

Published by: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) is a publisher at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa. PULP endeavours to publish and make available innovative, high-quality scholarly texts on law and related disciplines in Africa. PULP also publishes a series of collections of legal documents related to public law in Africa, as well as text books from African countries other than South Africa.

For more information on PULP, see www.pulp.up.ac.za

Printed and bound by: ABC Press Cape Town

To order, contact: PULP Faculty of Law University of Pretoria South Africa 0002 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] www.pulp.up.ac.az

ISSN: 1812-2418

© 2012

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TABLES AND INDEXES

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Table of cases Alphabetical table of cases Subject index International instruments referred to International case law considered African Commission decisions according to communication numbers

CASES

International Court of Justice United Nations human rights treaty bodies African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Sub-regional courts Domestic decisions

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EDITORIAL

TheAfrican Human Rights Law Reportsinclude cases decided by the International Court of Justice, the0 United Nations human rights treaty bodies, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, sub-regional courts in Africa and domestic judgments from different African countries. TheReportsare a joint publication of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. PULP also publishes the French version of theseReports, Recueil Africain des Décisions des Droits Humains. TheReports,as well as other material of relevance to human rights law in Africa, may be found on the website of the Centre for Human Rights at www.chr.up.ac.za. Hard copies of theReportscan be obtained from the Centre for Human Rights. Editorial changes have been kept to a minimum, and are confined to changes that are required to ensure consistency in style (with regard to abbreviations, capitalisation, punctuation and quotes) and to avoid obvious errors related to presentation. Cases from national courts that would be of interest to include in future issues of theReportsmay be brought to the attention of the editors at:

Centre for Human Rights Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002 South Africa Fax: + 27 12 362-5125 E-mail: [e-mail]

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USER GUIDE

The cases and findings in theReportsare grouped together according to their origin, namely, the United Nations, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, sub- regional courts and domestic courts. TheSubject index is divided into two parts — general principles or procedural issues, and substantive rights. Decisions dealing with a specific article in an international instrument are to be found in the list of International instruments referred to. A table that listsInternational case law consideredis also included. In these tables case references are followed by the numbers of the paragraphs in which the instruments or cases are cited. A headnote, to be found at the top of each case, provides the full original title of the case as well as keywords noting the primary issues in the case. These are linked to the keywords in theSubject index. Keywords are followed by the numbers of the paragraphs in which a specific issue is dealt with. In instances where the original case contains no paragraph numbers these have been added in square brackets. The date at the end of a case reference refers to the date the case was decided. The abbreviation before the date indicates the jurisdiction.

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ABBREVIATIONS

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Economic Community of West African States Supreme Court, Ghana United Nations Human Rights Committee International Court of Justice High Court, Kenya Supreme Court of Namibia Southern African Development Community Constitutional Court of Uganda High Court, Zambia

CASE LAW ON THE INTERNET

Case law concerning human rights in Africa may be found on the following sites: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights www.achpr.org African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights www.african-court.org African Case Law Analyser caselaw.ihrda.org

Association des Cours Constitutionelles www.accpuf.org Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria www.chr.up.ac.za Commonwealth Legal Information Institute www.commonlii.org

Constitutional Court, South Africa www.constitutionalcourt.org.za

Court of Appeal, Nigeria www.courtofappeal.gov.ng

Interights www.interights.org Nigeria Internet Law Reports www.nigeria-law.org/LawReporting.htm Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) www.oxfordlawreports.com

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Southern African Legal Information Institute www.saflii.org United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights www.ohchr.org

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TABLE OF CASES

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Democratic Republic of the Congo Guinea v Democratic Republic of the Congo(2010) AHRLR 3 (ICJ 2010)

UNITED NATIONS TREATY BODIES

Human Rights Committee

South Africa McCallum v South Africa(2010) AHRLR 21 (HRC 2010)

Zambia Mwamba v Zambia(2010) AHRLR 32 (HRC 2010)

AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

Botswana Good v Botswana(2010) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2010)

Mauritania Interights and Another v Mauritania(2010) AHRLR 90 (ACHPR 2010)

Nigeria Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v Nigeria(2010) AHRLR 102 (ACHPR 2010)

Tanzania Sangonet v Tanzania(2010)AHRLR 113 (ACHPR 2010)

Zimbabwe Article 19 and Others v Zimbabwe(2010) AHRLR 126 (ACHPR 2010)

SUB-REGIONAL COURTS

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v Nigeria and Another(2010) AHRLR 145 (ECOWAS 2010)

SADC Tribunal Gondo and Others v Zimbabwe(2010) AHRLR 152 (SADC 2010)

DOMESTIC DECISIONS

Ghana Ocansey and Another v The Electoral Commission and Another (2010) AHRLR 165 (GhSC 2010)

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Kenya Wachira Weheire v Attorney-General(2010) AHRLR 185 (KeHC 2010)

Namibia Trustco Group International Ltd and Others v Shikongo(2010) AHRLR 200 (NaSC 2010)

Uganda Mwenda and Another v Attorney-General(2010) AHRLR 224 (UgCC 2010)

Zambia Kingaipe and Another v Attorney-General(2010) AHRLR 237 (ZaHC 2010)

ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CASES

Article 19 and Others v Zimbabwe(2010) AHRLR 126 (ACHPR 2010) Gondo and Others v Zimbabwe(2010) AHRLR 152 (SADC 2010) Good v Botswana(2010) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2010) Guinea v Democratic Republic of the Congo(2010) AHRLR 3 (ICJ 2010) Interights and Another v Mauritania(2010) AHRLR 90 (ACHPR 2010) Kingaipe and Another v Attorney-General(2010) AHRLR 237 (ZaHC 2010) McCallum v South Africa(2010) AHRLR 21 (HRC 2010) Mwamba v Zambia(2010) AHRLR 32 (HRC 2010) Mwenda and Another v Attorney-General(2010) AHRLR 224 (UgCC 2010) Ocansey and Another v The Electoral Commission and Another(2010) AHRLR 165 (GhSC 2010) Sangonet v Tanzania(2010) AHRLR 113 (ACHPR 2010) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v Nigeria (2010) AHRLR 102 (ACHPR 2010) Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v Nigeria and Another(2010) AHRLR 145 (ECOWAS 2010) Trustco Group International Ltd and Others v Shikongo(2010) AHRLR 200 (NaSC 2010) Wachira Weheire v Attorney-General(2010) AHRLR 185 (KeHC 2010)

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