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Citation
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Judgment date
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| October 2021 |
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No violation found where applicant failed to prove denial of fair hearing or effective judicial remedy due to judicial delay.
Human rights – fair hearing – right to trial within reasonable time – effective judicial remedy – burden of proof – admissibility – jurisdiction – judicial delay – appellate procedures – ECOWAS Court not an appellate forum for national courts' decisions unless proven human rights violations.
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27 October 2021 |
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Imposition of high nomination fees by political parties is not a state violation of the right to political participation under Article 13.
Human rights – political participation – nomination fees for elective office – domestic electoral law – ECOWAS Court jurisdiction – margin of appreciation – no violation of Article 13 African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights by State where fees are set by political parties under national law.
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27 October 2021 |
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ECOWAS Parliament breached its employment obligations by withholding salaries and allowances due to internal procedural errors.
Community institution employment law – jurisdiction of ECOWAS Court over employment disputes – breach of employment contract by institution – obligation to pay staff salaries and allowances – effect of internal procedural irregularities – principle against benefiting from one’s own wrong – requirement to regularise advances – calculation and entitlement to various allowances under ECOWAS Staff Regulations – interest on late payments – costs.
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27 October 2021 |
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A revision application was dismissed as inadmissible for lacking new or decisive facts, reaffirming the finality of the Court’s earlier judgment.
ECOWAS Court – application for revision – admissibility – requirement of new and decisive facts – mere disagreement with prior judgment not sufficient – finality and binding nature of judgments – costs.
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27 October 2021 |
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Revision of ECOWAS Court judgments requires new, decisive facts; mere disagreement with conclusions is not reviewable.
International human rights law – ECOWAS Court – application for revision of judgment – admissibility – requirement for new and decisive facts – no appeal from ECOWAS Court final judgment – costs.
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26 October 2021 |
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Applicants' claims of human rights violations were dismissed for lack of legal standing as direct or representative victims.
ECOWAS Court – Human rights – Right to life and property – Locus standi – Requirement to prove victim status or authorization in representative actions – Insufficient evidence – Dismissal of claims for lack of legal capacity.
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21 October 2021 |
