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20 judgments

Citation	Judgment date
December 2006
Yaya Vrs Dugbavie and Others [2006] GHACA 5 (22 December 2006)	22 December 2006
Lava Ltd Vrs Vanose Enterprise and Others [2006] GHACA 22 (15 December 2006)	15 December 2006
November 2006
Bissangou v Republic of Congo (Communication 253 of 2002) [2006] ACHPR 74 (29 November 2006) Refusal to execute a binding court judgment constitutes violations of the rights to fair trial, equality before the law, and property. Human rights – execution of judgments – right to fair trial – equality before the law – right to property – refusal to execute a final court judgment – exhaustion of local remedies – African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Articles 2, 3, 7, 14, 21(2).	29 November 2006
FIDH and Others v Senegal (Communication 304 of 2005) [2006] ACHPR 78 (29 November 2006) Communication challenging a broad amnesty law dismissed as inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies. Human rights — Admissibility — Article 56(5) African Charter — Exhaustion of local remedies — Amnesty law — Right to have one's cause heard (Article 7(1)(a)) — NGOs as authors — Identification of victims not required.	29 November 2006
Tsikata v Republic of Ghana (Communication 322 of 2006) [2006] ACHPR 77 (29 November 2006) Communication alleging retroactive criminalisation and unfair trial was declared inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies. Admissibility — exhaustion of local remedies (Art. 56(5),(6)); non-retroactivity of criminal law (Art. 7.2); right to fair trial (Art. 7.1); independence of the judiciary (Art. 26); provisional measures (Rule 111); permissible language in communications (Art. 56(3)).	29 November 2006
Siisi Vrs Boateng and Others [2006] GHACA 21 (24 November 2006)	24 November 2006
Grant and Others Vrs Unilever (gh) Ltd and Others [2006] GHACA 11 (17 November 2006)	17 November 2006
Owusua Vrs Akotua [2006] GHACA 19 (3 November 2006)	3 November 2006
July 2006
Mumuni and Others Vrs Adamu and Others [2006] GHACA 13 (26 July 2006)	26 July 2006
Narrow Fishing and Trading Company Vrs Quansah and Others [2006] GHACA 8 (19 July 2006)	19 July 2006
June 2006
Ghana Post Ltd Vrs Sualah [2006] GHACA 17 (23 June 2006)	23 June 2006
May 2006
Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia (Communication 299 of 2005) [2006] ACHPR 69 (25 May 2006) A complaint of human rights violations was found inadmissible for failure to exhaust local remedies in accordance with the African Charter. Human Rights – African Charter – admissibility of communication – exhaustion of local remedies – effectiveness, availability, sufficiency – requirement not dispensed with merely on apprehension of ineffectiveness – pending domestic proceedings preclude admissibility.	25 May 2006
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions v Sudan (Communication 296 of 2005) [2006] ACHPR 70 (25 May 2006) The Commission declared admissible a complaint alleging mass forced evictions and grave human rights violations by the respondent. Admissibility — Article 56 — exhaustion of local remedies (availability, effectiveness, sufficiency) — exception for mass or systemic violations — Article 56(7) (settled by UN mechanisms) — forced evictions, grave human rights violations, displacement, impunity.	25 May 2006
Open Society Justice Initiative v Cameroon (Communication 290 of 2004) [2006] ACHPR 72 (25 May 2006) The Commission discontinued proceedings after parties reached an amicable settlement on media licensing and property rights. Freedom of expression – private media – administrative refusal and delay in license granting – amicable settlement – discontinuance of complaint – broadcasting rights – amicable dispute resolution	25 May 2006
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum v Zimbabwe (Communication 245 of 2002) [2006] ACHPR 73 (25 May 2006) Clemency order denying criminal redress violated State obligations under Articles 1 and 7(1) by fostering impunity. Human rights — State responsibility for non‑state actors — due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish private abuses — executive amnesty/clemency incompatible with effective judicial remedies — violation of Articles 1 and 7(1) of the African Charter.	25 May 2006
Hamelrijk and Another Vrs Shenakram [2006] GHACA 18 (19 May 2006)	19 May 2006
Republic Vrs Nii Lante [2006] GHACA 1 (12 May 2006)	12 May 2006
Abdul Vrs Director-general Ghana Prisons and Others [2006] GHACA 12 (6 May 2006)	6 May 2006
March 2006
Boomtrade Company Ltd Vrs Messr Cotecna and Another [2006] GHACA 16 (24 March 2006)	24 March 2006
Konglo and Another Vrs James and Others [2006] GHACA 15 (10 March 2006) Appeals and reviews\|Declaratory Relief\|Injunction\|Plants\|forests and forestry (flora)\|African customary law and rights of indigenous peoples\|EL	10 March 2006