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The seventh volume of the African Human Rights Law Reports covers cases decided in 2006. The Reports include cases decided by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 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.

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Publié par	PULP (Pretoria University Law Press)
Date de parution	01 janvier 2008
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AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REPORTS 2006

2008

African human rights law reports 2006

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 in Africa that have been peer-reviewed. 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: +27 12 420 4948 Fax: +27 12 362 5125 pulp@up.ac.za www.pulp.up.ac.az

ISSN: 1812-2418

Editorial User guide Abbreviations

CONTENTS

Case law on the internet

TABLES AND INDEXES

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

United Nations human rights treaty bodies

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Domestic decisions

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EDITORIAL

The seventh volume of theAfrican Human Rights Law Reportscovers cases decided in 2006. TheReportsinclude cases decided by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and domestic judgments from different African countries. TheReports 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 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. Quotes and references have, where possible, been checked against the original. Corrections which may affect the meaning are indicated by square brackets. We wish to thank the persons who helped us obtain cases published in the Reports:Robert Eno, Sanji Monageng and Korir Singoei. 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: ahrlr@up.ac.za

USER GUIDE

The cases and findings in theReportsare grouped togehter according to their origin, namely, the United Nations, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and domestic courts.

TheSubject indexdivided into two parts — general principles or is 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 liked 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.

ACHPR AHRLR BwHC CCPR GaHC HRC KeHC SAHC ZwSC

ABBREVIATIONS

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights African Human Rights Law Reports High Court, Botswana International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights High Court, The Gambia United Nations Human Rights Committee High Court, Kenya High Court, South Africa Supreme Court, Zimbabwe

CASE LAW ON THE INTERNET

Case law concerning human rights in Africa may be found on the following sites:

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights www.ohchr.org

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights www.achpr.org

Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria www.chr.up.ac.za

International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC) www.oxfortdlawreports.com

Interights www.interights.org

Association des Cours Constitutionelles www.accpuf.org

Commonwealth Legal Information Institute www.commonlii.org

Southern African Legal Information Institute www.saflii.org

High Court, Malawi www.judiciary.mw

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

Nigeria Internet Law Reports www.nigeria-law.org/LawReporting.htm

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

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TABLE OF CASES

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES

Human Rights Committee

Algeria Bousroual v Algeria(2006) AHRLR 3 (HRC 2006) Taright and Others v Algeria(2006) AHRLR 14 (HRC 2006)

Burkina Faso Sankara v Burkina Faso(2006) AHRLR 23 (HRC 2006)

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ilombe and Another v Democratic Republic of the Congo(2006) AHRLR 50 (HRC 2006)

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE

Senegal Guengueng and Others v Senegal(2006) AHRLR 56 (CAT 2006)

AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

Cameroon Open Society Justice Initiative (on behalf of Njawe Noumeni) v Cameroon (2006) AHRLR 75 (ACHPR 2006)

Congo Bissangou v Republic of Congo(2006) AHRLR 80 (ACHPR 2006)

Egypt Interights and Another v Egypt(2006) AHRLR 94 (ACHPR 2006)

Ethiopia Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia(2006) AHRLR 97 (ACHPR 2006)

Ghana Tsikata v Ghana(2006) AHRLR 112 (ACHPR 2006)

Senegal FIDH and Others v Senegal(2006) AHRLR 119 (ACHPR 2006)

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum v Zimbabwe(2006) AHRLR 128 (ACHPR 2006)

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DOMESTIC DECISIONS

Botswana Sesana and Others v Attorney-General(2006) AHRLR 183 (BwHC 2006)

The Gambia Denton v The Director-General, National Intelligence Agency and Others (2006) AHRLR 241 (GaHC 2006)

Kenya RM v Attorney-General(2006) AHRLR 256 (KeHC 2006) Lemeiguran and Others v Attorney-General and Others(2006) AHRLR 281 (KeHC 2006)

South Africa EN and Others v Government of RSA and Others(2006) AHRLR 326 (SAHC 2006)

Zimbabwe Marimo and Another v Minister of Justice and Others (2006) AHRLR 349 (ZwSC 2006)

ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CASES

Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia(2006) AHRLR 97 (ACHPR 2006) Bissangou v Republic of Congo(2006) AHRLR 80 (ACHPR 2006) Bousroual v Algeria(2006) AHRLR 3 (HRC 2006) Denton v The Director-General, National Intelligence Agency and Others (2006) AHRLR 241 (GaHC 2006) EN and Others v Government of RSA and Others(2006) AHRLR 326 (SAHC 2006) FIDH and Others v Senegal(2006) AHRLR 119 (ACHPR 2006) Guengueng and Others v Senegal(2006) AHRLR 56 (CAT 2006) Ilombe and Another v Democratic Republic of the Congo(2006) AHRLR 50 (HRC 2006) Interights and Another v Egypt(2006) AHRLR 94 (ACHPR 2006) Lemeiguran and Others v Attorney-General and Others (2006) AHRLR 281 (KeHC 2006) Marimo and Another v Minister of Justice and Others(2006) AHRLR 349 (ZwSC 2006) Open Society Justice Initiative (on behalf of Njawe Noumeni) v Cameroon (2006) AHRLR 75 (ACHPR 2006) RM v Attorney-General(2006) AHRLR 256 (KeHC 2006) Sankara v Burkina Faso(2006) AHRLR 23 (HRC 2006) Sesana and Others v Attorney-General(2006) AHRLR 183 (BwHC 2006) Taright and Others v Algeria(2006) AHRLR 14 (HRC 2006) Tsikata v Ghana(2006) AHRLR 112 (ACHPR 2006) Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum v Zimbabwe(2006) AHRLR 128 (ACHPR 2006)

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