AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REPORTS 2008 2010 African human rights law reports 2008 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: +27 12 420 4948 Fax: +27 12 362 5125 [email protected] www.pulp.up.ac.az ISSN: 1812-2418 © 2010 CONTENTS Editorial v User guide vi Abbreviations vii Case law on the internet vii TABLES AND INDEXES Table of cases ix Alphabetical table of cases xi Subject index xii International instruments referred to xxi International case law considered xxxi African Commission decisions according to communication xxxviii numbers CASES United Nations human rights treaty bodies 1 African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 41 Sub-regional courts 169 Domestic decisions 221 iii EDITORIAL 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 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. However, in the case of Ivorian Human Rights Movement (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (2008) AHRLR 62 (ACHPR 2008) and Wetsh’okonda Koso and Others v Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) AHRLR 93 (ACHPR 2008), in this volume more extensive edits have been done to ensure consistency with the French original. Cases from national courts that would be of interest to include in future issues of the Reports may 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: [email protected] v USER GUIDE The cases and findings in the Reports are grouped together according to their origin, namely, the United Nations, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and domestic courts. The Subject 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 lists International case law considered is 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 the Subject 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. vi ABBREVIATIONS ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights AHRLR African Human Rights Law Reports CAT Committee Against Torture CCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States Community Court of Justice HRC United Nations Human Rights Committee KeHC High Court, Kenya SASCA South African Supreme Court of Appeal SADC Southern African Development Community Tribunal UgCC Constitutional Court, Uganda UgHC High Court, Uganda ZaSC Supreme Court, Zambia 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 African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights www.african-court.org Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria www.chr.up.ac.za Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) www.oxfordlawreports.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 Court of Appeal, Nigeria www.courtofappeal.gov.ng vii Nigeria Internet Law Reports www.nigeria-law.org/LawReporting.htm Constitutional Court, South Africa www.constitutionalcourt.org.za viii TABLE OF CASES UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES Human Rights Committee Algeria Madoui v Algeria (2008) AHRLR 3 (HRC 2008) Committee against Torture Tunisia Ali v Tunisia (2008) AHRLR 15 (CAT 2008) AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS Angola Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v Angola (2008) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2008) Côte d’Ivoire Mouvement Ivorien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (I) (2008) AHRLR 62 (ACHPR 2008) Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (II) (2008) AHRLR 75 (ACHPR 2008) Democratic Republic of the Congo Wetsh’okonda Koso and Others v Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) AHRLR 93 (ACHPR 2008) Nigeria Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project v Nigeria (2008) AHRLR 108 (ACHPR 2008) Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and Another (2008) AHRLR 120 (ACHPR 2008) Majuru v Zimbabwe (2008) AHRLR 146 (ACHPR 2008) SUB-REGIONAL COURTS ECOWAS Community Court of Justice Manneh v The Gambia (2008) AHRLR 171 (ECOWAS 2008) Koraou v Niger (2008) AHRLR 182 (ECOWAS 2008) SADC Tribunal Mike Campbell (Pvt) Limited and Others v Zimbabwe (2008) AHRLR 199 (SADC 2008) ix x Table of cases DOMESTIC DECISIONS South Africa Mthembu v The State (2008) AHRLR 223 (SASCA 2008) Uganda Foundation for Human Rights Initiatives v Attorney-General (2008) AHRLR 235 (UgCC 2008) Mukasa and Another v Attorney-General (2008) AHRLR 248 (UgHC 2008) Zambia Attorney-General v Clarke (2008) AHRLR 259 (ZaSC 2008) ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CASES Ali v Tunisia (2008) AHRLR 15 (CAT 2008) Attorney-General v Clarke (2008) AHRLR 259 (ZaSC 2008) Foundation for Human Rights Initiatives v Attorney-General (2008) AHRLR 235 (UgCC 2008) Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v Angola (2008) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2008) Mouvement Ivorien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (I) (2008) AHRLR 62 (ACHPR 2008) Koraou v Niger (2008) AHRLR 182 (ECOWAS 2008) Madoui v Algeria (2008) AHRLR 3 (HRC 2008) Majuru v Zimbabwe (2008) AHRLR 146 (ACHPR 2008) Manneh v The Gambia (2008) AHRLR 171 (ECOWAS 2008) Mike Campbell (Pvt) Limited and Others v Zimbabwe (2008) AHRLR 199 (SADC 2008) Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (II) (2008) AHRLR 75 (ACHPR 2008) Mthembu v The State (2008) AHRLR 223 (SASCA 2008) Mukasa and Another v Attorney-General (2008) AHRLR 248 (UgHC 2008) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project v Nigeria (2008) AHRLR 108 (ACHPR 2008) Wetsh’okonda Koso and Others v Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) AHRLR 93 (ACHPR 2008) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and Another (2008) AHRLR 120 (ACHPR 2008) xi SUBJECT INDEX This index is divided into two parts; the first deals with general principles and procedural issues, and the second part with substantive rights GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES Admissibility Admissibility requirements before the ECOWAS Court Manneh v The Gambia (2008) AHRLR 171 (ECOWAS 2008) Applicability of the African Charter Claim for compensation only raised during course of proceedings Koraou v Niger (2008) AHRLR 182 (ECOWAS 2008) Compatibility Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project v Nigeria (2008) AHRLR 108 (ACHPR 2008) Majuru v Zimbabwe (2008) AHRLR 146 (ACHPR 2008) Prima facie violation Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (II) (2008) AHRLR 75 (ACHPR 2008) Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and Another (2008) AHRLR 120 (ACHPR 2008) Consideration by other international body Madoui v Algeria (2008) AHRLR 3 (HRC 2008) Exhaustion of local remedies Ali v Tunisia (2008) AHRLR 15 (CAT 2008) Mike Campbell (Pvt) Limited and Others v Zimbabwe (2008) AHRLR 199 (SADC 2008) Deportees, exile Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa v Angola (2008) AHRLR 43 (ACHPR 2008) Insulting language Mouvement Ivorien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (I) (2008) AHRLR 62 (ACHPR 2008) Local remedies must be available, effective and sufficient Mouvement Ivorien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (I) (2008) AHRLR 62 (ACHPR 2008) Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH) v Côte d’Ivoire (II) (2008) AHRLR 75 (ACHPR 2008) Locus standi Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project v Nigeria (2008)