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No full textLes Requérants allèguent la violation du droit à la liberté d’opinion et d’expression, impliquant le droit de ne pas être inquiété pour ses opinions et celui de chercher, de recevoir et de répandre, sans considérations de frontières, les informations et les idées par quelque moyen d’expression que ce soit, protégés par l’article 19 de la Déclaration Universelle des droits de l’homme (DUDH)
Ruling
Full text linkThe Applicants allege violation of the following rights:
i. The right to liberty and security of the person, protected by Article 6 of the Charter;
ii. The right to have their cause heard, protected by Article 7(1)(a)(b)(c) and (d) of the Charter and Articles 8 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
iii. The right not to be convicted for an act or omission which was not a legally punishable offence at the time it was committed, protected by Article 7(2) of the Charter
Arrêt
Full text linkLes Requérants allèguent ce qui suit :
i. La violation des droits à la liberté de réunion consacrés à l’article 11 de la Charte et à l’article 21 du PIDCP et de la liberté d’expression garanti par l’article 9(2) de la Charte et l’article 19(2) du PIDCP ;
ii. La violation de l’article premier de la Charte et de l’article 2(2) du PIDC
Order (Strike Out)
Full text linkThe Court notes that the relevant Rule on striking out of Applications is Rule 65 (1) of the Rules, which provides that:
1. The Court may at any stage of the proceedings decide to strike out an Application from its cause list where:
a) An Applicant notifies the Court of his/her intention not to proceed with the case;
b) An Applicant fails to pursue his case within the time limit provided by the Court;
c) It, for any other reason, concludes that it is no longer justified to continue with the examination of the Applicatio
Africa’s Wmen’s Day commemorative activities kick off to honor African women and girls
No full textPress Releases : 142 / 20222022 marks the 60th anniversary of the Pan-African Women’s Organisation (PAWO), PAWO is Africa’s first collective women’s organization, which has contributed to the struggle for the continent’s liberation from colonialism, the elimination of apartheid and the eradication of gender inequalities, discrimination and injustices against women.Since its establishment in 1962 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, a year before the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now the African Union, PAWO’s mission has been to ensure that women’s concerns are integrated in Africa’s liberation agenda and that women participate, equally, fully and effectively, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the continent. PAWO, a Specialised Agency of the African Union, has played an important role in mobilizing African women on the continent and the Diaspora to rally around collective struggles for a free and prosperous Africa
Ruling
Full text linkThe Applicants allege a violation of the following rights:
i. the right to a fair trial, protected by Article 7(2) of the Charter;
ii. the right to property, protected by Article 14 of the Charter
African Ministers of Trade adopt a Declaration of a common position tabled in Geneva before the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference.
Full text linkPress Release No: 125 / 2022African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) adopted and presented a Declaration of common position
at the World Trade Organization (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) held from the 12
June to 15 June 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. The African Ministers rallied a common position
on, inter alia, the WTO Response to the Pandemic, the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS) Waiver, food security, agriculture and fisheries, and the WTO
Reforms. The push for reforms at the WTO is aimed at ensuring the WTO comprehensively
addresses matters that have been on its negotiating agenda for years, such as agriculture,
disciplines on fisheries subsidies, special and differential treatment for developing and leastdeveloped countries, as well as other institutional matters
ECOSOCC facilitates inaugural annual consultations between the AU’s Peace and Security Council and African CSOs
Full text linkPress Release:No: 025/ 14th, 2022The Economic Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), in its capacity as the Civil Society Organ of the African Union (AU), today virtually facilitated the inaugural annual consultation between African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU on the implementation of the AU’s peace and security formulas and declarations.Article 20 of the protocol relating to the establishment of the PSC Protocol,encourages non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, and other civil society organizations to participate actively in the efforts aimed at promoting peace, security, and stability in Africa
