Decisions of the African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights

Abubakar v. Ghana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 103/93 (1996).

Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 107/93 (1993).

Achutan and Another (on behalf of Banda) v. Malawi
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 64/92, 68/92, and 78/92 (1995).

Achuthan v. Malawi
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 64/92, 68/92, and 78/92 (1994).

Africa Legal Aid v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 207/97 (2001).

Africa Legal Aid v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 209/97, 11 May 2000.

Aigbe v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 252/2002 (2002).

Amnesty International and Others v. Sudan
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 48/90, 50/91, 52/91, 89/93 (1999).

Amnesty International v. Zambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 212/98 (1999).

Amnesty International v. Tunisia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 69/92 (1994).

Antoine Bissangou v. Republic of Congo
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 253/2002 (2006).

Anuak Justice Council v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 299/05 (2006).

Arab Organisation for Human Rights v. Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 244/2001 (2001).

Article 19  v.  The State of Eritrea
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 275/2003 (2007)

Association Internationale des Juristes Democrates v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 28/89 (1989).

Association pour la Defence des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertés v. Djibouti
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 133/94 (2000).

Association Pour la Sauvegarde de la Paix au Burundi v. Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zaire and Zambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 157/96 (2003).

Association Que Choisir Benin v. Benin
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 264/2002 (2005).

Aturu v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 72/92 (1994).

Austrian Committee Against Torture v. Burundi
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 26/89 (1989).

Austrian Committee Against Torture v. Morocco
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 20/88 (1989).

Avocats Sans Frontières (on behalf of Bwampamye) v. Burundi
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 231/99 (2000).

Ayele v. Togo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 35/89 (1994).

B v. Kenya
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 283/2003 (2004).

Bah Ould Rabah v. Mauitania
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 197/97 (2004).

Bariga v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 57/91 (1994).

Buyingo v. Uganda
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 8/88 (1995).

Capitao v. Tanzania
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 53/90 (1994).

Capitao v. Tanzania
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 53/91 (1995).

Ceesay v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 86/93 (1995).

Centre for Advancement of Democracy, Social Justice, Conflict Resolution and Human Welfare v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 273/2003 (2005).

Centre for Free Speech v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 206/97 (1999).

Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers v. Yugoslavia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 3/88 (1987).

Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers v. Algeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 104/93 (1994).

Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers v. Algeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 104/94, 109/94, 126/94 (1994).

Centre Haitien des Libertés Publiques v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 21/88 (1989).

Civil Liberties Organisation, Legal Defence Centre, Legal Defence and Assistance Project v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 218/98 (1989).

Civil Liberties Organization v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 101/93 (1995).

Civil Liberties Organization v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 129/94 (1995).

Civil Liberties Organization v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 45/90 (1994).

Civil Liberties Organization v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 67/92 (1994).

Civil Liberties Organization v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 129/94 (1995).

Civil Liberties Organisation v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 151/96 (1999).

Comité Culturel pour la Democratie au Benin and Others v. Benin
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 16/88, 17/88, 18/88 (1994).

Comité Culturel pour la Democratie au Benin and Others v. Benin
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 16/88, 17/88, 18/88 (1995).

Commission Française Justice et Paix v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 29/89 (1989).

Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme et des Libertes v. Chad
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 74/92 (1995).

Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners v. Bahrain
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 7/88 (1988).

Committee for the Defense of Human Rights v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 62/91 (1995).

Congress for the Second Republic of Malawi v. Malawi
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 63/92 (1994).

Constitutional Rights Project and Civil Liberties Organisation v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 102/93 (1988).

Constitutional Rights Project v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 153/96 (1999).

Constitutional Rights Project v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 87/93 (1995).

Constitutional Rights Project v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 60/91 (1995).

Constitutional Rights Project and Civil Liberties Organisation v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 148/96 (1999).

Constitutional Rights Project and Civil Liberties Organisation v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 143/95 and 150/96 (1999).

Constitutional Rights Project, Civil Liberties Organisation and Media Rights Agenda v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 140/94, 141/94, 145/95 (1999).

Courson v. Equatorial Guinea
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 144/95 (1997).

Courson v. Zimbawe
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 136/94 (1995).

Cudjoe v. Ghana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 221/98 (1999).

Degli (au non du Caporal N. Bikagni), Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme, Commission International de Juristes v. Togo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 83/92, 88/93, 91/93 (1994).

Diakite v. Gabon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 73/92 (1994).

Diakité v. Gabon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 73/92 (2000).

Dioumessi and Others v. Guinea
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 70/92 (1994).

Dioumessi and Others v. Guinea
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 70/92 (1995).

Doebbler v. Sudan
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 236/2000 (2000).

D. R. Congo v Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication 227/1999 (2006).

Dumbaya v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 127/94 (1995).

Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights v. Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 201/97 (2000).

El-Nekheily v. OAU
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 12/88 (1988).

Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme v. Angola
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 159/96 (1997).

FIDH, National Human Rights Organization (ONDH) and Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO) v. Senegal
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 304/2005 (2006).

Forum of Conscience v. Sierra Leone
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 223/98 (2000).

Free Legal Assistance Group and Others v. Zaire
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 25/89, 47/90, 56/91, 100/93 (1995).

Georges Eugene v. USA, Haiti
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 37/90 ( 1990).

Getachew Abebe v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 10/88 (1988).

Hadjali Mohamad v. Algeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 13/88 (1994).

Haye v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 90/93 (1995).

Henry Kalenga v. Zambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 11/88 (1994).

Houver v. Morocco
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 41/90 (1990).

Huri-Laws v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 225/98 (2000).

Ihebereme v. USA
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 2/88 (1988).

Ilesanmi v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 268/2003 (2005).

Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (on behalf of Jean Simbarakiye) v. Democratic Republic of Congo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 247/2002 (2002).

Institute for Human Rights and Development (on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea) v Republic of Guinea
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 249/2002 (2006).

Interights and World Organisation Against Torture v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 248/2002 (2004).

Interights et al. v. Botswana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 240/2001 (2004).

Interights et al. v. Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 261/2002 (2002).

Interights (on behalf of Jose Domingos Sikunda) v. Namibia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 239/2001 (2001).

Interights (on behalf of Pan African Movement and Citizens for Peace in Eritrea) v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 233/99 (1999).

Interights on behalf of Safia Yakubu Husaini, et al. v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 269/2003 (2005).

Interights & the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights v Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 312/2005 (2006).

International Commission de Jurists v.Togo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 91/93 and 88/93 (1994).

International Lawyers Committee for Family Reunification v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 9/88 (1988).

International PEN v. Burkina Faso
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 22/88 (1994).

International PEN v. Chad
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 55/91 (1994).

International PEN v. Côte d'Ivoire
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 138/94 (1985).

International PEN v. Ghana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 93/93 (1994).

International PEN v. Malawi
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 42/90 (1990).

International PEN v. Malawi, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Kenya
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 19/88 (1989).

International PEN and Others v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 137/94, 139/94, 154/96 and 161/97 (1998).

International PEN v. Sudan
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 92/93 (1995).

Jawara v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 147/95 and 149/96 (2000).

Joana v. Madagascar
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 108/93 (1996).

Katangese Peoples' Congress v. Zaire
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 75/92 (1995).

Kazeem Aminu v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 205/97 (2000).

Kenya Human Rights Commission v. Kenya
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 135/94 (1995).

Kofi v. Ghana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 6/88 (1988).

Korvah v. Liberia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 1/88 (1988).

Law Office of Ghazi Suleiman v. Sudan
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 222/98 and 229/99 (1999).

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights v. Tanzania
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 66/92 (1994).

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights v. Zaire
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 47/90 ( 1994).

Lawyers for Human Rights v. Swaziland
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 251/2002 (2005).

Legal Defence Centre v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 219/98 (2000).

Legal Resources Foundation v. Zambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication. No. 211/98 (2001).

Liesbeth Zegveld and Messie Ephrem v. Eritrea
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 250/2002 (2003).

Ligue Camerounaise des Droits de l'Homme v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 65/92 (1997).

Makoge v. USA
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 5/88 (1986).

Malawi African Association and Others v. Mauritania
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 54/91, 61/91, 98/93, 164/97 à 196/97 and 210/98 (2000).

Manjang v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 131/94 (1994).

Maria Baes v. Zaïre
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 31/89 (1995).

Mboyo v. Democratic Republic of Congo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 238/2001 (2002).

Mboyo v. Democratic Republic of Congo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 238/2001 (2002).

Media Rights Agenda and Others v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 105/93, 128/94, 130/94 and 152/96 (1998).

Media Rights Agenda v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 224/98 (2000).

Mekongo Louis v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 59/91 (1995).

Miss A v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 258/2002 (2004).

Modise v. Botswana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 97/93 (March 3, 1993).

Modise v. Botswana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 97/93 (1997).

Modise v. Botswana
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 97/93 (2000).

Motale v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 230/99 (2000).

Mouvement Burkinabé des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples v. Burkina Faso
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 204/97 (2001).

Mouvement des Réfugiés Mauritaniens au Sénégal v. Sénégal
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 162/97 (1997).

Mouvement des Réfugiés Mauritaniens in Senegal v. Senegal
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 254/02 (2002).

Mpaka-Nsusu v. Zaire
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 15/88 (1994).

Njoka v. Kenya
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 142/94 (1995).

Njoku v. Egypt
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 40/90 (1997).

Ntaka v. Lesotho
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 33/89 ( 1988).

Odjouoriby Cossi Paul v. Benin
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 199/97 (2004).

Organisation Mondiale Contre La Torture v. Rwanda
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 27/89, 46/91, 49/91, 99/93 (1996).

Organisation Mondiale Contre La Torture and Others v. Rwanda
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 27/89, 46/91, 49/91, 99/93 (1996).

Open Society Justice Initiative (on behalf of Pius Njawe Noumeni) v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 290/2004 (2006).

Ouko v. Kenya
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 232/99 (2000).

Pagnoulle (on behalf of Mazou) v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 39/90 (1997).

Pagnoulle (on behalf of Mazou) v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 39/90 (1995).

Parish v. Indonesia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 38/90 (1990).

Peoples' Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 44/90 (1996).

Purohit and Moore v. The Gambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 241/2001 (2001).

Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l'Homme v. Zambia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 71/92 (1996).

Rights International v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 215/98 (1999).

Samuel Kofi Woods, II and Kabineh M. Ja’neh v. Liberia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 256/2002 (2003).

Sanussi v. Ethiopia
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 14/88 (1988).

Social and Economic Rights Action Center and the Center for Economic and Social Rights v. Nigeria
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 155/96 (2001).

S.O.S. - Esclaves v. Mauritania
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 198/97 (1999).

Tsatsu Tsikata v Republic of Ghana
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 322/2006 (2006).

Union des Scolaires Nigériensand Another v. Niger
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 43/90 (1994).

Union Inter Africaine des Droits de l’Homme, Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Homme and Others v. Angola
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 159/96 (1997).

Union Interafricaine des Droits de 1'Homme and Another v. Togo
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication Nos. 88/93 and 91/91 (1994).

Union Inter Africaine des Droits de l’Homme and Others v. Angola
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 159/96 (1997).

Union Nationale de Liberation de Cabinda v. Angola
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 24/89 (1988).

Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes du Senegal v. Senegal
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 226/99 (2000).

Vitine v. Cameroon
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
Communication No. 106/93 (1994).

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum v. Zimbabwe
African Commission on Human and peoples’ Rights,
Communication No. 245/2002 (2006).