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ACmHPR Comm.801/21: Afekuru Animu Risasi Athiei (represented by the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa) v. Republic of South Sudan

Published: 2/Aug/2024
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Decision adopted by the African Commission’s 80th ordinary session, closing on 2 August 2024, and included within the African Commission’s 56th and 57th Combined Activity Reports adopted on 10 March 2025 and subsequently communicated to the parties. For background to […]

Conaïde Togla Latondji Akouedenoudje v. Benin (Merits) App No. 024/2020

Published: 13/Jun/2023
Source: African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights

Section VII. B. Alleged violation of the right to nationality 72. The Applicant submits that the right to nationality must be assessed in relation to the effective enjoyment of all the benefits thereof, including the right to be issued all […]

Bernard Anbataayela Mornah v. Republic of Benin and others, Application 028/2018

Published: 22/Sep/2022
Source: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

1. Bernard Anbataayela Mornah (hereinafter referred to as “the Applicant”) is a Ghanaian national and the National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party, a political party registered in Ghana. The Applicant alleges violations of human rights of the Sahrawi people […]

Kenya: Citizenship and Nationality Rights Case Digest

Published: 25/Feb/2022
Source: Namati & KenyaLaw

The Citizenship and Nationality Rights Case Digest is a compilation and analysis of cases from Kenya and all over the world relating to various elements of citizenship and nationality of individuals. It is authored in simple English to enable citizens […]

Anudo Ochieng Anudo v United Republic of Tanzania: Judgment on Reparations

Published: 2/Dec/2021
Source: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

Judgment Summary ANUDO OCHIENG ANUDO v. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA APPLICATION NO. 012/2015 JUDGMENT ON REPARATIONS Dar es Salaam, 2 December 2021: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment on reparations in the case […]

Robert John Penessis v. United Republic of Tanzania, App. No. 013/2015

Published: 28/Nov/2019
Source: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

Summary of the facts (extract) 1. The Applicant is a citizen of the United Republic of Tanzania residing in Greece. 2. She wrote to the Court on 10 May 2015, on behalf of her grandson Mr. Robert John Penessis who […]

Kennedy Gihana & Others v. Republic of Rwanda, Application No 017/2015

Published: 28/Nov/2019
Source: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights

Case summary (extract) 3. The Applicants alleges that, their passports, as well as those of other Rwandan nationals, were unilaterally and without notice declared invalid by the Government of Rwanda. 4. The Applicants alleges that, the invalidation of their passports […]

African Centre of Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and People’s Legal Aid Centre (PLACE) v. the Government of Republic of Sudan, Comm. 005/Com/001/2015

Published: 4/May/2018
Source: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

ACERWC Comm. 005/Com/001/2015; Decision No. 002/2018; adopted at the 31st Ordinary Session of the ACERWC, 24 April — 4 May 2018 ; published 29 November 2018. IV: Decision of the Committee 104. For the foregoing reasons, the Committee finds that […]

Anudo Ochieng Anudo v. United Republic of Tanzania, App. No. 012/2015

Published: 22/Mar/2018
Source: African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights

Official summary of the facts 1. The Applicant is a citizen of the United Republic of Tanzania and Director General of an NGO named “Tanzania Human for People Rights”. 2. He sent an email to the Court on 24 May […]

East African Law Society v. Secretary General of the EAC, Case No. 7/2014

Published: 22/Mar/2016
Source: East African Court of Justice

Complaint relating to Tanzania’s expulsion of alleged Rwandan and Burundian immigrants in August-September 2013. — 1. This is a Reference filed by the East African Law Society (hereinafter referred to as the “Applicant”), which is the apex regional Bar Association […]

ACHPR Comm. 317/06: The Nubian Community in Kenya / Republic of Kenya

Published: 28/Feb/2015
Source: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Decision adopted at the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Commission, 19 – 28 February 2015. Banjul, Gambia. Published on 30 May 2016. The Commission held, inter alia, that: “By failing to take measures to prevent members of the Nubian Community […]

ACmHPR Comm 318/06: Open Society Justice Initiative / Cote d’Ivoire

Published: 28/Feb/2015
Source: African Commission on Human and People's Rights

Decision of the African Commission in a case alleging discrimination against “Dioula” in Cote d’Ivoire on the basis of nationality and other grounds, and finding Cote d’Ivoire in violation of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18 […]