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Citation
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Judgment date
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| December 2012 |
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Court finds Nigeria responsible for violating environmental rights in the Niger Delta, orders restoration and accountability measures.
Human Rights – Environment – Right to a general satisfactory environment – State obligation to prevent and remedy environmental degradation – Jurisdiction of ECOWAS Court to enforce ICCPR, ICESCR, and African Charter provisions – Locus standi of NGO in public interest litigation – Justiciability of socio-economic rights – Remedies for mass human rights violations.
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14 December 2012 |
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The ECOWAS Court declined to hear a human rights complaint already decided by a Nigerian court, applying the principle of res judicata.
Human rights – Res judicata – ECOWAS Court jurisdiction – Admissibility – Prior adjudication by domestic courts – Principle of finality and avoidance of duplicative judgments – Unlawful arrest, detention, and torture – African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
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14 December 2012 |
| June 2012 |
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An application for alleged human rights violations was held inadmissible where domestic courts had already decided the same issues.
Human rights – ECOWAS Court jurisdiction – res judicata – inadmissibility – prior adjudication by domestic court – application for same reliefs – no new claims or evidence of non-compliance.
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12 June 2012 |
| May 2012 |
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A Community citizen lacks standing to challenge an ECOWAS administrative act unless directly and personally affected by it.
Access to the ECOWAS Court – locus standi – Community citizen versus direct and immediate interest – administrative acts of Community institutions – reinstatement of official – requirements for standing under Article 10 of the Protocol – human rights jurisdiction – dismissal for lack of capacity and legal interest.
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16 May 2012 |
| March 2012 |
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23 March 2012 |
| January 2012 |
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24 January 2012 |
