African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights - 2014 October

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October 2014
Complaint admissible; no breach of Articles 7(1)(b),(c) or 7(2), but State violated Article 26 by undermining judicial independence.
Admissibility — exhaustion of domestic remedies; Fair trial — presumption of innocence and appropriate standard at close of prosecution’s case; Non-retroactivity — prohibition on retrospective criminalisation; Right to defence — notice of charges and calling witnesses; Judicial independence — executive interference via targeted judicial appointments and court reconstitution
14 October 2014