ECOWAS Community Court of Justice - 2016 November

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November 2016
The ECOWAS Court held that Nigeria’s mandatory death penalty did not violate international human rights obligations absent specific evidence of rights violations.
Human rights – death penalty – right to life – international obligations – ECOWAS Court jurisdiction – mandatory death sentence – fair trial – separation of powers – collective suits.
9 November 2016