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Commission finds torture, fair-trial breaches and arbitrary death sentences; recommends reforms, reparations and investigations.
Human rights in conflict situations — admissibility and exhaustion of local remedies where domestic proceedings unduly prolonged; non-international armed conflict — use of IHL standards (Common Article 3, AP II) as reference; torture and ill-treatment — incommunicado detention, shackling, electric shocks, flogging, sexual assault, denial of medical care — Article 5 violation; fair trial violations in special anti-terrorism courts — denial/restriction of counsel, coerced confessions, defective appeals — Articles 7 and 4 violations; State responsibility under Article 1; remedies and institutional reform.
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13 May 2022 |
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Eviction and exclusion of an indigenous community from ancestral forest violated multiple African Charter rights and requires restitution and reparations.
Indigenous rights; customary land and property; forced eviction and lack of resettlement/compensation; non‑discrimination; right to life, health, education, culture and religion; peoples’ right to natural resources and development; environmental rights; inadmissibility of fortress conservation excluding indigenous peoples; remedies: restitution, compensation, guarantees of non‑repetition.
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13 May 2022 |
