African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights - 2014 March

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March 2014
Sudan violated multiple Charter rights of human rights defenders through arrest, torture, forced exile, and closure of their organization.
Human rights – Sudan – torture and ill-treatment by state officials – arrest and arbitrary detention – freedom of expression and association – closure of human rights organization – right to work – right to health – exhaustion of local remedies – immunity of security officials – compensation, investigation, and restitution ordered.
14 March 2014
The Commission declined to seize a complaint for failure to meet Charter admissibility requirements, including language and exhaustion of remedies.
African Charter – admissibility – Article 56 – disparaging language – exhaustion of local remedies – prima facie violation – victim consent – communication not seized.
14 March 2014